虎穴

Chinese

		tiger	hole; cave
trad. (虎穴)		虎	穴
simp. ^#(虎穴)		虎	穴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔxué, hǔxuè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² jyut⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-hia̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔxué
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔsyué
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-hsüeh²
  - Yale: hǔ-sywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushyue
  - Palladius: хусюэ (xusjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: hǔ-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushiueh
  - Palladius: хусюэ (xusjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² jyut⁶
  - Yale: fú yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-hia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-hia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofhiat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/

Noun

虎穴

tiger's den
(figurative) danger spot; dangerous place

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 虎空, 虎岫

Derived terms

不入虎穴，不得虎子
不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ)
不探虎穴，安得虎子
虎穴龍潭／虎穴龙潭
龍潭虎穴／龙潭虎穴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	穴
こ Grade: S	けつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

虎(こ)穴(けつ) • (koketsu)

tiger's den
(figurative) danger spot; dangerous place

Derived terms

虎穴(こけつ)に入(い)らずんば虎子(こじ)を得(え)ず (koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu)

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