虎視眈眈

See also: 虎视眈眈

Chinese

		to eye covetously; to stare down	glaring; staring
trad. (虎視眈眈)		虎視	眈眈
simp. (虎视眈眈)		虎视	眈眈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔshìdāndān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
Min Nan (POJ): hó͘-sī-tam-tam

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǔshìdāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushyhdandan
  - IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
  - Yale: fú sih dāam dāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² xi⁶ dam¹ dam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ siː²² täːm⁵⁵ täːm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-sī-tam-tam
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-sī-tam-tam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofsixdamdafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕi⁴¹⁻²² tam³³ tam³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi³³⁻¹¹ tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕi³³⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tam⁴⁴/

Idiom

虎視眈眈

to glare like a tiger watching its prey; to glare at with fierceness; to keep a vigilant eye on; to eye covetously

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虎視眈眈):

→ Japanese: 虎 (こ)視 (し)眈 (たん)眈 (たん) (koshitantan)
→ Korean: 호시탐탐 (虎視眈眈, hositamtam)
→ Vietnamese: hổ thị đam đam (虎視眈眈)

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