笑面虎

Chinese

	smiling face	tiger
trad. (笑面虎)	笑面	虎
simp. ^#(笑面虎)	笑面	虎
Literally: “smiling tiger”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàomiànhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ min⁶ fu²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cieo⁴ ming⁴ hou³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiò-bīn-hó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàomiànhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàomiànhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-mien⁴-hu³
  - Yale: syàu-myàn-hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawmiannhuu
  - Palladius: сяомяньху (sjaomjanʹxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ min⁶ fu²
  - Yale: siu mihn fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ min⁶ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ min⁶ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ miːn²² fuː³⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cieo⁴ ming⁴ hou³ [Phonetic: cieo⁵ ming¹ hou³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cha̤̍u-mi̍ng-hô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁴²⁻¹¹ miŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ hɔu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cieo⁴ ming⁴ hou³ [Phonetic: cieo⁵ ming¹ hou³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁴²⁻²¹ miŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ hɔu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-bīn-hó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshiò-bīn-hóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioirbixnhor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

Noun

笑面虎

(figurative) wolf in sheep's clothing; friendly-looking wicked person

References

“笑面虎”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “笑面虎”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 92.