Tiger (zodiac)

"Year of the Tiger" redirects here. For other uses, see Year of the Tiger (disambiguation).

Tiger
"Tiger" in regular Chinese characters
Chinese虎
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinhǔ
Wade–Gileshu3
IPA[xù]
Hakka
Romanizationfú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationfú
Jyutpingfu2
IPA[fu˧˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJhó͘
Old Chinese
Baxter (1992)*xaʔ
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*qʰˤraʔ
Zodiac tiger, showing the hǔ (虎) character for tiger

The Tiger (虎) is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 寅.