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Chinese
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ferocious; suddenly; fierce ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt |
tiger
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| trad. (猛虎)
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猛
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虎
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| simp. #(猛虎)
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猛
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虎
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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虎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xuX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰˁraʔ/ (W dialect: *qˁʰr- >r̥ˁ- > x-)
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| English
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tiger
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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猛
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虎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9148
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5230
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Phonetic
component
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皿
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虍
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Rime
group
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陽
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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虎
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Old
Chinese
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/*mraːŋʔ/
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/*qʰlaːʔ/
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| Notes
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原作莫幸切（幸在耿韻），依切三全王改
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Noun
猛虎
- (literally) fierce tiger
且夫為從者，無以異於驅群羊而攻猛虎，虎之與羊不格明矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
且夫为从者，无以异于驱群羊而攻猛虎，虎之与羊不格明矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qiě fú wéi cóng zhě, wú yǐ yìyú qū qún yáng ér gōng měnghǔ, hǔ zhī yǔ yáng bù gé míng yǐ.
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猛虎，猛虎，火焰似的燒紅 / 在深夜的莽叢， / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘畫你的駭人的雄厚？ [MSC, trad.]
猛虎，猛虎，火焰似的烧红 / 在深夜的莽丛， / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘画你的骇人的雄厚？ [MSC, simp.]- From: 1931 August, Xu Zhimo, 《猛虎》 (translation of The Tyger)
- Měnghǔ, měnghǔ, huǒyàn shìde shāohóng / zài shēnyè de mǎngcóng, / héděng shénmíng de jùyǎn huòshì shǒu / néng bòhuà nǐ de hàirén de xiónghòu?
- Tyger Tyger. burning bright, / In the forests of the night; / What immortal hand or eye. / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
- (figurative) fierce warrior
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
猛虎
- (～嶼) Menghu Islet (an island in Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
猛虎 • (mōko) ←まうこ (mauko)?
- a fierce tiger
References
Korean
Noun
猛虎 • (maengho) (hangeul 맹호)
- hanja form? of 맹호 (“a fierce tiger”)