狗 (gau2 | gou3 hou4) : dog

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狗

gau2

gou3 hou4

[1] [n] dog (Canis familiaris)
[2] [n] lackey; footman; servile person; follower
[3] damned; cursed

(Classifier(s): 隻)

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 犬 (#94)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

狗

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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看門狗 hon1 mun4 gau2 = Guard Dog

狗仔 gau2 zai2 = puppy; dog; [粵]: slang for a handgun

熱狗 jit6 gau2 re4 gou3 = hot dog

狗肉 gau2 juk6 = dog meat

狗毛 gau2 mou4 = hair or fur of dog

放狗 fong3 gau2 = to walk a dog

狗糧 gau2 loeng4 gou3 liang2 = dog food

唐狗 tong4 gau2 tang2 gou3 = a Chinese mixed-breed dog; a mongrel

狗年 gau2 nin4 gou3 nian2 = the Year of the dog

母狗 mou5 gau2 mu2 gou3 = bitch, female dog
See all 111 compounds (CantoDict reports 116 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 狗

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

這兒敗家子只會跟一班豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭！國
The only thing this good-for-nothing son does is to go around with some bad company and engage in all kinds of vice activities.

唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappeating one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

佢隻狗有糖尿病，所以每日要打胰島素粵
Her dog has diabetes, so it needs insulin shots each day.

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Decimal representation of this word: 狗
Unicode code for this character: U+72d7 (off-site link)

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