虎將

Chinese

		tiger	commander general (officer)
trad. (虎將)		虎	將
simp. (虎将)		虎	将

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔjiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² zoeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-chiòng / hó͘-chiàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔjiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔjiàng
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-chiang⁴
  - Yale: hǔ-jyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huujianq
  - Palladius: хуцзян (xuczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² zoeng³
  - Yale: fú jeung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dzoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² zêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-chiòng
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-tsiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofcioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-chiàng
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-tsiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofciaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaŋ²¹/

Noun

虎將

(idiomatic) "tiger general", a particularly successful general.
(idiomatic, figurative) "tiger general", anyone similarly talented and successful in any competitive field.

Usage notes

Based on ahistorical legends concerning the Three Kingdoms period, most often used in reference to groups of five men serving together or dominating a single field.