# 白虎
## Chinese

* 白虎 (Written Standard Chinese)
* White Tiger (Chinese astronomy) (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báihǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ fu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh$^8$ houn$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báihǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báihǔ
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-hu$^3$
*** Yale: bái-hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairhuu
*** Palladius: байху (bajxu)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ fu$^2$
*** Yale: baahk fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² fuː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hó͘
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqhor
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêh$^8$ houn$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h hóuⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /peʔ⁴⁻² hõũ⁵²/

### Proper noun

白虎
* (Chinese mythology) White Tiger (one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations)
* (Chinese mythology) White Tiger (god of the West in Chinese mythology)
* (Chinese mythology) evil spirit
* (～村) Baihu (a village in Wulipu, Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

### Noun

白虎
* Alternative name for 石灰 (shíhuī, “lime”).
* Alternative name for 豆腐 (dòufu, “tofu; bean curd”).
* (figurative, slang) woman without pubic hair; shaved pussy

#### Synonyms

* (woman): 白虎女 (báihǔnü)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 白(びゃっ)虎(こ) (byakko)
* → Korean: 백호(白虎) (baekho)
* → Vietnamese: Bạch Hổ (白虎)

### Derived terms

* 白虎幡
* 白虎星 (báihǔxīng)
* 白虎觀 / 白虎观
* 白虎風 / 白虎风

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 虎 |
| びゃく > びゃっ Grade: 1 | こ Grade: S |
| goon | kan'on |
From Chinese 白虎 (báihǔ) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) びゃっこ [byáꜜkkò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bʲa̠k̚ko̞]

#### Noun

白(びゃっ)虎(こ) • (byakko)
* white tiger (tiger with white fur)

#### Proper noun

白(びゃっ)虎(こ) • (Byakko)
* White Tiger, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 虎 |
| はく > はっ Grade: 1 | こ Grade: S |
| kan'on ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ha̠k̚ko̞]

#### Noun

白(はっ)虎(こ) • (hakko)
* white tiger (tiger with white fur)

#### Proper noun

白(はっ)虎(こ) • (Hakko)
* White Tiger, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations

### See also

* 青(せい)竜(りゅう) (Seiryū, “Azure Dragon”)
* 玄(げん)武(ぶ) (Genbu, “Black Tortoise”)
* 朱(す)雀(ざく) (Suzaku, “Vermilion Bird”)
* 黄(こう)竜(りゅう) (Kōryū, “Yellow Dragon”)

### See also

* 白虎 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ja}$
* White Tiger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 白 | 虎 |

### Proper noun

白虎 • (Baekho) (hangeul 백호)
* hanja form of 백호 (“White Tiger, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 白 | 虎 |

### Proper noun

白虎
* chữ Hán form of Bạch Hổ (“White Tiger, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”).