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老虎

lǎo hǔ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 只

老虎 (lǎo hǔ) means "tiger". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 老虎 means

1. tiger

The characters in 老虎

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 虎hǔtiger

Example sentences

• 那不是老虎。
  That is not a tiger.
• 这不是老虎。
  This is not a tiger.
• 老虎被杀了。
  The tiger was killed.
• 小老虎很象猫。
  Young tigers resemble cats.
• 我要一只宠老虎。
  I want a pet tiger.
• 老虎吃什幺东西？
  What do tigers eat?

Words starting with 老虎

• 老虎凳lǎo hǔ dèngtiger bench…
• 老虎机lǎo hǔ jīslot machine
• 老虎菜lǎo hǔ càitiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro…
• 老虎灶lǎo hǔ zàoold-style large kitchen stove
• 老虎钳lǎo hǔ qiánvise; pincer pliers
• 老虎伍兹Lǎo hǔ Wǔ zīEldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer

Words containing 老虎

• 母老虎mǔ lǎo hǔtigress; (fig.) fierce woman; vixen
• 油老虎yóu lǎo hǔgas guzzler
• 纸老虎zhǐ lǎo hǔpaper tiger
• 电老虎diàn lǎo hǔelectricity hog; electricity guzzler
• 吃角子老虎chī jiǎo zi lǎo hǔslot machine
• 秋老虎qiū lǎo hǔhot spell during autumn; Indian summer
• 扮猪吃老虎bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔto play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to…
• 苍蝇老虎cāng ying lǎo hǔ(colloquial) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
• 山中无老虎，猴子称大王shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wángin the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)…

Where 老虎 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Animals & nature (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǎo hǔ correctly.
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