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狗
Mandarin · pinyin gǒu
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- 狗
- gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
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Mandarin tones
3 · gou3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gau2
Cantonese word readings for 狗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- dog (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 條／条 m)
- Dog (Chinese zodiac sign)
- (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant
- (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant — Used as an attributive.
- (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant — (neologism, self-deprecatory) a miserable person (used in compounds)
- (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant — (neologism, self-deprecatory) obedient or overworked employee; workhorse; wage slave
- (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant — (Hong Kong, neologism, derogatory) police; pig; po-po
- (chiefly Beijing Mandarin) to flatter
- (Cantonese) cunning
- (obsolete) cub; young bear or tiger
- a surname
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