"虎穴" meaning in Chinese

See 虎穴 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/, /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/, /fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/, /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/, /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/, /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/, /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/, /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/ Chinese transliterations: hǔxué [Mandarin, Pinyin], hǔxuè [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fu² jyut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó͘-hia̍t, hǔxué [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǔsyué [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hu³-hsüeh² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǔ-sywé [Mandarin, Yale], huushyue [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хусюэ [Mandarin, Palladius], xusjue [Mandarin, Palladius], hǔxuè [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǔsyuè [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hu³-hsüeh⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǔ-sywè [Mandarin, Yale], huushiueh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], fú yuht [Cantonese, Yale], fu² jyt⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fu² yud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hó͘-hia̍t [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hóo-hia̍t [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], hofhiat [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 虎穴
  1. tiger's den
    Sense id: en-虎穴-zh-noun-mcGMxfij Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 35 15 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 35 15 35
  2. (figurative) danger spot; dangerous place Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-虎穴-zh-noun-zbJ9ul-f Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 35 15 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 35 15 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 虎空 [Hokkien], 虎岫 Derived forms: 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
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      "word": "不入虎穴,焉得虎子"
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      "word": "虎穴龙潭"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "hǔxuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² jyut⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hia̍t"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔxué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔsyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³-hsüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ-sywé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huushyue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хусюэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xusjue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "hǔxuè"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "hǔsyuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "hu³-hsüeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ-sywè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huushiueh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú yuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² jyt⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² yud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóo-hia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hofhiat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "虎空"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "虎岫"
    }
  ],
  "word": "虎穴"
}
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 虎",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "不入虎穴,不得虎子"
    },
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      "roman": "bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ",
      "word": "不入虎穴,焉得虎子"
    },
    {
      "word": "不探虎穴,安得虎子"
    },
    {
      "word": "虎穴龍潭"
    },
    {
      "word": "虎穴龙潭"
    },
    {
      "word": "龍潭虎穴"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔxué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔxuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² jyut⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔxué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔsyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³-hsüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ-sywé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huushyue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хусюэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xusjue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔxuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔsyuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³-hsüeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ-sywè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huushiueh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú yuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² jyt⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² yud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóo-hia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hofhiat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "虎空"
    },
    {
      "word": "虎岫"
    }
  ],
  "word": "虎穴"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 虎穴 meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.