母老虎

Chinese

		female; mother	tiger; tractor
trad. (母老虎)		母	老虎
simp. #(母老虎)		母	老虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǔlǎohǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mu³ nao³ fu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo³ lau³ fu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔlǎohǔ [Phonetic: múláohǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔlǎohǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-lao³-hu³
    • Yale: mǔ-lǎu-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muulaohuu
    • Palladius: мулаоху (mulaoxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mu³ nao³ fu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mu lao fu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵³ nau⁵³ fu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
    • Yale: móuh lóuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mo³ lau³ fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɸu⁴¹/

Noun

母老虎

1. tigress
2. shrewish woman; vixen; termagant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母老虎 (“tigress”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母老虎, 雌老虎, 母虎, 雌虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	母老虎
	Harbin	母老虎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	母老虎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	母老虎
	Wanrong	母老虎
	Xi'an	母老虎
	Xining	母老虎
	Xuzhou	母老虎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	母老虎
	Lanzhou	母老虎
	Ürümqi	母老虎
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	母老虎
	Wuhan	母老虎
	Guiyang	母老虎
	Liuzhou	母老虎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	母老虎
	Yangzhou	母老虎
Mandarin	Singapore	母老虎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老虎乸
	Hong Kong	老虎乸
	Dongguan	老虎乸
Gan	Pengze	母老虎
	Lichuan	老虎𡡉兒
	Pingxiang	母老虎
	Liuyang	老虎婆哩, 母老虎
Hakka	Meixian	老虎嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老虎乸
	Yudu	老虎婆
Jin	Taiyuan	母老虎
	Xinzhou	母老虎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎母
Southern Min	Xiamen	虎母
	Quanzhou	虎母
	Jinjiang	虎母
	Yongchun	虎母
	Zhangzhou	虎母
	Jieyang	老虎母
	Leizhou	虎母
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	老虎母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母老虎
Wu	Shanghai	雌老虎
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雌老虎, 母老虎
	Suzhou	雌老虎
	Danyang	母老虎
	Hangzhou	雌老虎
	Ningbo	雌老虎
	Jinhua	雌老虎
Xiang	Changsha	母老虎

Dialectal synonyms of 潑婦 (“shrew; vixen; termagant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		潑婦, 悍婦, 惡婦, 母老虎, 雌老虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母老虎, 母哈赤
	Taiwan	母老虎
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	母老虎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	母老虎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	母老虎
	Wanrong	母老虎
	Xi'an	潑婦, 母老虎
	Xining	母老虎
	Xuzhou	母老虎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	母老虎
	Lanzhou	母老虎
	Ürümqi	母老虎
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	母老虎
	Wuhan	母老虎
	Guiyang	母老虎
	Liuzhou	母老虎, 母夜叉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	母老虎
	Yangzhou	母老虎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	惡婆, 倀雞婆, 老虎乸, 霸巷雞乸, 霸王雞乸
	Hong Kong	倀雞婆, 老虎乸, 惡雞乸, 霸王雞乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	老虎乸
	Macau	老虎乸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老虎乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老虎乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老虎乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老虎乸
	Foshan	老虎乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老虎乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	老虎乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老虎乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老虎乸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老虎乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老虎乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	老虎乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老虎乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老虎乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老虎乸
	Taishan	老虎乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老虎乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	老虎乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	老虎乸
	Dongguan	老虎乸, 惡雞乸, 霸王雞乸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老虎乸
Gan	Nanchang	潑婦
	Pingxiang	潑婦, 母老虎
Hakka	Meixian	兇貨嫲, 爛潑婦, 老虎嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老虎乸, 惡雞乸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	熊家嫲, 老虎嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老虎嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	惡雞嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	惡雞嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	霸巷雞嫲
	Yudu	老虎婆
Huizhou	Jixi	潑婦
Jin	Taiyuan	母老虎
	Xinzhou	母老虎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎母
Southern Min	Xiamen	赤查某, 赤婆, 痟狗母, 虎母, 虎伯母, 虎伯姆, 虎豹姆
	Quanzhou	赤查某, 痟狗母, 虎母
	Jinjiang	赤查某
	Zhangzhou	赤查某, 赤馬鮫, 虎母, 虎伯母
	Tainan	潑婦, 赤查某, 虎豹母, 虎姑婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	赤查某
	Shantou	惡婆
	Jieyang	老虎婆
	Leizhou	虎母
	Haikou	虎母
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	老虎母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母老虎
Wu	Shanghai	雌老虎, 𲄨頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雌老虎, 母老虎
	Suzhou	雌老虎
	Danyang	老虎婆
	Hangzhou	雌老虎
	Ningbo	潑婦, 雌老虎
	Jinhua	潑婦, 雌老虎
Xiang	Changsha	母老虎