老虎窗

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎohǔchuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu² coeng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-fu₅-tshaon₁; ⁶lau-hu₅-tshaon₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohǔchuāng [Phonetic: láohǔchuāng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohǔchuang
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-hu³-chʻuang¹
  - Yale: lǎu-hǔ-chwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuuchuang
  - Palladius: лаохучуан (laoxučuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ fu² coeng¹
  - Yale: lóuh fú chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu² tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu² cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-fu₅-tshaon₁; ⁶lau-hu₅-tshaon₁
  - MiniDict: lau^去 fu^去 tshaon^平; lau^去 hu^去 tshaon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-fu₂-tshaan₁; ³lau-hu₂-tshaan₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² fu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/, /lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

Noun

老虎窗

(originally Shanghainese) dormer-window