老虎窗

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Chinese

tiger; tractor shutter; window
trad. (老虎窗) 老虎
simp. #(老虎窗) 老虎
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Etymology

Originally Shanghainese; 老虎 (“tiger”) is a phono-semantic matching of English roof, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation


Noun

老虎窗

  1. (originally Shanghainese) dormer-window