如虎添翼

Chinese

	as (if); such as	tiger	to add; to increase; to replenish	wing
trad. (如虎添翼)	如	虎	添	翼
simp. ^#(如虎添翼)	如	虎	添	翼
Literally: “like a tiger that has grown wings”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúhǔtiānyì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ fu² tim¹ jik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / lû-hó͘-thiam-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúhǔtiānyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúhǔtianyì
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-hu³-tʻien¹-i⁴
  - Yale: rú-hǔ-tyān-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhuutianyih
  - Palladius: жухутяньи (žuxutjanʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ fu² tim¹ jik⁶
  - Yale: yùh fú tīm yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ fu² tim¹ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ fu² tim¹ yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ fuː³⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ jɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lu'hoftiam'ek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: jû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ju'hoftiam'ek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: jî-hóo-thiam-i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji'hoftiam'ek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-hó͘-thiam-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lû-hóo-thiam-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lu'hoftiamsit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/

Idiom

如虎添翼

making someone even stronger