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Jyutping maang5 fu2
Pinyin měng hǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. fierce tiger
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    fierce warrior
  2. noun, literally
    fierce tiger
    • 猛虎,猛虎,火焰似的燒紅 / 在深夜的莽叢, / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘畫你的駭人的雄厚?
      猛虎,猛虎,火焰似的烧红 / 在深夜的莽丛, / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘画你的骇人的雄厚?
      měng hǔ , měng hǔ , huǒ yàn shì de shāo hóng / zài shēn yè de mǎng cóng , / hé děng shén míng de jù yǎn huò shì shǒu / néng bò huà nǐ de hài rén de xióng hòu ?
      Tyger Tyger. burning bright, / In the forests of the night; / What immortal hand or eye. / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
  3. name
    Menghu Islet (an island in Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    心有猛虎,细嗅蔷薇。
    心有猛虎,細嗅薔薇。
    xīn yǒu měng hǔ , xì xiù qiáng wēi 。
    • In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    猛虎不及地头虫
    猛虎不及地頭蟲
    maang5 fu2 bat1 kap6 dei6 tau4 cung4
    • used to show that however powerful one is in the environment with which he is familiar, he is at a disadvantage when he leaves there; literally: a local caterpillar outshines a fierce tiger
  2. Cantonese
    猛虎不及地头虫
    猛虎不及地頭蟲
    • used to show that however powerful one is in the environment with which he is familiar, he is at a disadvantage when he leaves there; literally: a local caterpillar outshines a fierce tiger
  3. Cantonese
    猛虎
    猛虎
    maang5 fu2
    • fierce tiger
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    猛虎,猛虎,火焰似的烧红 / 在深夜的莽丛, / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘画你的骇人的雄厚?
    猛虎,猛虎,火焰似的燒紅 / 在深夜的莽叢, / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘畫你的駭人的雄厚?
    měng hǔ , měng hǔ , huǒ yàn shì de shāo hóng / zài shēn yè de mǎng cóng , / hé děng shén míng de jù yǎn huò shì shǒu / néng bò huà nǐ de hài rén de xióng hòu ?
    • Tyger Tyger. burning bright, / In the forests of the night; / What immortal hand or eye. / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?