老 虎

lǎo hǔ

“Tiger” in Chinese is 老虎 (lǎo hǔ).

Meaning

tiger

Example

老虎被杀了。

The tiger was killed.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

只

used for tigers

一只老虎 (one tiger)

Characters

lǎoHSK 16 strokesprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity hǔHSK 58 strokestiger