虎
hǔ
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- Strokes
- 8
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 3
- Frequency
- No. 1,422
How to write 虎, stroke by stroke
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What 虎 means
tiger
Ideographic: A tiger 虍 standing on a rock 几; 虍 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 虎
- 老虎lǎo hǔtiger
- 虎鲸hǔ jīngorca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
- 猛虎měng hǔfierce tiger
- 马虎mǎ hucareless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy
- 母老虎mǔ lǎo hǔtigress; (fig.) fierce woman; vixen
- 老虎机lǎo hǔ jīslot machine
- 马马虎虎mǎ ma hū hūcareless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
- 狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yànto wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
- 虎视眈眈hǔ shì dān dānlit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); fig. to eye covetously
- 生龙活虎shēng lóng huó hǔlit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom); fig. vigorous and lively
- 壁虎bì hǔgecko; house lizard
- 伏虎fú hǔto subdue a tiger; fig. to prevail over sinister forces
虎 in a sentence
shān shàng wú lǎo hǔ ， hóu zi chēng dà wáng 。
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
xīn yǒu měng hǔ ， xì xiù qiáng wēi 。
In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
jiàn chǐ hǔ shì zài bīng hé shí qī jué zhǒng de 。
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
tā láng tūn hǔ yàn dì chī le yí dùn 。
He devoured his meal.
chū shēng zhī dú bú wèi hǔ 。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.