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Chinese symbol for “tigress”

母老虎
mǔ lǎo hǔ
tigress; (fig.) fierce woman; vixen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tigress is 母老虎 (mǔ lǎo hǔ), defined as: tigress; (fig.) fierce woman; vixen.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

母 mǔ
mother; female elders; female
radical 80 ⽏ · 5 strokes
老 lǎo
old, aged; experienced
radical 125 ⽼ · 6 strokes
虎 hǔ
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
radical 141 ⾌ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 母老虎.

WordPinyinMeaning
母亲 (母親)mǔ qīnmother
父母fù mǔfather and mother; parents
字母zì mǔletter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè)
航母háng mǔaircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母舰 (háng kōng mǔ jiàn))
圣母 (聖母)shèng mǔgoddess
祖母zǔ mǔfather's mother; paternal grandmother
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher
老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife
老虎lǎo hǔtiger; 只 (zhī)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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