羊入虎口

Chinese

		caprid	to enter	a tiger's mouth; the jaws of death
trad. (羊入虎口)		羊	入	虎口
simp. ^#(羊入虎口)		羊	入	虎口
Literally: “a sheep enters a tiger's mouth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángrùhǔkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ jap⁶ fu² hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángrùhǔkǒu [Phonetic: yángrùhúkǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángrùhǔkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-ju⁴-hu³-kʻou³
  - Yale: yáng-rù-hǔ-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangruhhuukoou
  - Palladius: янжухукоу (janžuxukou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ jap⁶ fu² hau²
  - Yale: yèuhng yahp fú háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ jap⁹ fu² hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ yeb⁶ fu² heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ jɐp̚² fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

羊入虎口

to enter a dangerous situation where one will certainly suffer

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