= hu + Ø3
tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
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How to pronounce 虎

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

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+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

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虎 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= ji + Ø1
small table
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= ji + Ø1
almost
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= ji + Ø3
how much / how many / several / a few
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= hu + Ø1
stripes of a tiger / "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
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rén = r + (e)n2
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
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ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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Characters with 虎 as component

háo = h + ao2
roar / cry / CL:個|个[ge4]
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hào = h + ao4
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
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= hu + Ø3
a tiger's roar / to scare / to intimidate / (coll.) to fool / to bluff
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Words with 虎

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tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
fierce tiger
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy

Sentences with 虎

néng
xiáng
lóng
 
 
shān
dǎo
hǎi

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tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

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