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 IPA [fǔː] Jyutping fu2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ hó͘ Old Chinese Baxter (1992) *xaʔ Baxter–Sagart (2014) *qʰˤraʔ

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