畫虎不成反類犬

See also: 画虎不成反类犬

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	tiger	to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful	wrong side out or up; anti-	kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	dog
trad. (畫虎不成反類犬)		畫	虎	不成	反	類	犬
simp. (画虎不成反类犬)		画	虎	不成	反	类	犬
Literally: “to try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi cyuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hua⁴ hu³ pu⁴-chʻêng² fan³ lei⁴ chʻüan³
  - Yale: hwà hǔ bù-chéng fǎn lèi chywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah huu bucherng faan ley cheuan
  - Palladius: хуа ху бучэн фань лэй цюань (xua xu bučɛn fanʹ lɛj cjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²
  - Yale: waahk fú bāt sìhng fáan leuih hyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ fu² bat⁷ sing⁴ faan² loey⁶ hyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ fu² bed¹ xing⁴ fan² lêu⁶ hün²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ faːn³⁵ lɵy̯²² hyːn³⁵/

Idiom

畫虎不成反類犬

to make a poor imitation

Synonyms

畫虎類犬／画虎类犬 (huàhǔlèiquǎn)
畫虎不成反類狗／画虎不成反类狗

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