如狼似虎

Chinese

		as (if); such as	wolf	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	tiger
trad. (如狼似虎)		如	狼	似	虎
simp. ^#(如狼似虎)		如	狼	似	虎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúlángsìhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ long⁴ ci⁵ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúlángsìhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúlángsìhhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-lang²-ssŭ⁴-hu³
  - Yale: rú-láng-sz̀-hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rulangsyhhuu
  - Palladius: жулансыху (žulansyxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ long⁴ ci⁵ fu²
  - Yale: yùh lòhng chíh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ long⁴ tsi⁵ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ long⁴ qi⁵ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ fuː³⁵/

Idiom

如狼似虎

brutal and ferocious
- 一聲吩咐過了，兩傍走過幾個如狼似虎的公人，把那童生叉著膊子，一路跟頭，叉到大門外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  一声吩咐过了，两傍走过几个如狼似虎的公人，把那童生叉着膊子，一路跟头，叉到大门外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Yī shēng fēnfù guò le, liǎngpáng zǒu guò jǐ ge rúlángsìhǔ de gōngrén, bǎ nà tóngshēng chā zhe bózi, yī lù gēntóu, chā dào dàmén wài. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)