虎牚獅

Chinese

		tiger		lion
trad. (虎牚獅)		虎	牚	獅
simp. (虎牚狮)		虎	牚	狮
alternative forms		虎撐獅／虎撑狮

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-thìⁿ-sai / hó͘-thèⁿ-sai

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thìⁿ-sai
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-thìnn-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoftviesay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sai³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thèⁿ-sai
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-thènn-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoftveasay
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁴⁴/

Verb

虎牚獅

(Mainland China Hokkien) to prop up the chin or both cheeks in one's hands while pressing the arms on one's knees in a crouched position
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to rest the chin in one's hands

Synonyms

(to prop up the chin or both cheeks): (Hokkien) 虎牚頷／虎牚颔, 虎牚塔
(to rest the chin): (Hokkien) 牚頷／牚颔