Chinese Word Entry

捋虎鬚

Simplified Chinese form: 捋虎须

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩ
Mandarin (Pinyin): luō hǔ xū
Cantonese (Jyutping): lyut3 fu2 sou1
Definitions:
  1. lit to stroke the tiger's whiskers

  2. to do sth very daring


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Chinese characters used in this word

to pluck, to gather in the fingers, to rub, to scrape off, horse exercise area
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄜˋ (lè), ㄌㄩˇ (lǚ), ㄌㄨㄛ (luō)
Cantonese: lyut3
Japanese: ラツ (ratsu)、 ラチ (rachi)、 レツ (retsu)、 レチ (rechi) / と.る (toru)
Vietnamese: dương, liệt, loát, lư

tiger, drunkard, brave, fierce, surname
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨˇ (hǔ), ㄏㄨˋ (hù)
Cantonese: fu2
Japanese: コ (ko) / とら (tora)
Korean: 호 (ho)
Vietnamese: hổ

beard, mustache, whiskers, whisker-like
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄩ (xū)
Cantonese: sou1
Japanese: シュ (shu)、 ス (su) / ひげ (hige)
Korean: 수 (su)
Vietnamese: tu
Variants
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