電老虎

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	tiger; tractor
trad. (電老虎)		電	老虎
simp. (电老虎)		电	老虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànlǎohǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-lau-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànlǎohǔ [Phonetic: diànláohǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànlǎohǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-lao³-hu³
    • Yale: dyàn-lǎu-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannlaohuu
    • Palladius: дяньлаоху (djanʹlaoxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-lau-hu
    • MiniDict: di^去 lau hu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-lau-hu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² lɔ⁵⁵ hu²¹/

Noun

電老虎

1. electricity hog; electricity guzzler
2. (Shanghainese, slang) electricity-related department