Tiger (zodiac)

Tiger
"Tiger" in regular Chinese characters
Chinese	虎
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin hǔ Wade–Giles hu3 IPA [xù] Hakka Romanization fú Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization fú Jyutping fu2 IPA [fuː˧˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ hó͘ Old Chinese Baxter (1992) *xaʔ Baxter–Sagart (2014) *qʰˤraʔ

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.