"虎符" meaning in Chinese

See 虎符 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/, /fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/, /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/, /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/, /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/, /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/, /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/ Chinese transliterations: hǔfú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fu² fu⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó͘-hû, hǔfú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hǔfú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hu³-fu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hǔ-fú [Mandarin, Yale, standard], huufwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хуфу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xufu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], fú fùh [Cantonese, Yale], fu² fu⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fu² fu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hó͘-hû [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hóo-hû [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], hofhuu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 虎符
  1. tiger tally (a two-piece tiger-shaped tally issued to generals as imperial authorization for troop movement in ancient China, with one issued to a military officer which would be matched with the other half)
    Sense id: en-虎符-zh-noun-y4meGXc1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "officer#English"
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          "match#English"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "fu² fu⁴"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hû"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔfú"
    },
    {
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        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³-fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huufwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуфу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xufu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú fùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóo-hû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hofhuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/"
    }
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  "word": "虎符"
}
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          "troop",
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      "zh-pron": "hǔfú"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔfú"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³-fu²"
    },
    {
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        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ-fú"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huufwu"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуфу"
    },
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        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xufu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú fùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó͘-hû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóo-hû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hofhuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/",
      "tags": [
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/",
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        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
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      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "虎符"
}

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