虎視眈眈

See also: 虎视眈眈

Chinese

		to eye covetously; to stare down	glaring; staring
trad. (虎視眈眈)		虎視	眈眈
simp. (虎视眈眈)		虎视	眈眈

Etymology

From I Ching, Hexagram 27 (《易经·頤卦》):

六四：顛頤，吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

六四：颠颐，吉，虎视眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Liùsì: diān yí, jí, hǔshì dāndān, qí yù zhúzhú, wú jiù. [Pinyin]

The fourth SIX, divided, shows one looking downwards for (the power to) nourish. There will be good fortune. Looking with a tiger's downward unwavering glare, and with his desire that impels him to spring after spring, he will fall into no error.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔshìdāndān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-sī-tam-tam

(Teochew, Peng'im): houn² si⁶ dam¹ dam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔshìdāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔshìhdandan
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-shih⁴-tan¹-tan¹
  - Yale: hǔ-shr̀-dān-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushyhdandan
  - Palladius: хушиданьдань (xušidanʹdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
  - Yale: fú sih dāam dāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² xi⁶ dam¹ dam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ siː²² taːm⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-sī-tam-tam
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-sī-tam-tam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofsixdamdafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁴¹⁻²² tam³³ tam³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³⁻¹¹ tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: houn² si⁶ dam¹ dam¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóuⁿ sĭ tam tam
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõũ⁵²⁻³⁵ si³⁵⁻¹¹ tam³³⁻²³ tam³³/

Idiom

虎視眈眈

to glare like a tiger watching its prey; to glare at with fierceness; to keep a vigilant eye on; to eye covetously

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虎視眈眈):

→ Japanese: 虎視眈眈(こしたんたん) (koshitantan)
→ Korean: 호시탐탐(虎視眈眈) (hositamtam)
→ Vietnamese: hổ thị đam đam (虎視眈眈)

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