吉娃娃

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	baby; young child
trad. (吉娃娃)		吉	娃娃
simp. #(吉娃娃)		吉	娃娃

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíwáwa

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ waa¹ waa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíwáwa
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíwáwå
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-wa²-wa⁵
    • Yale: jí-wá-wa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiwa.ua
    • Palladius: цзивава (czivava)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ wä³⁵ wä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ waa¹ waa¹
    • Yale: gāt wā wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ waa¹ waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ wa¹ wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

Noun

吉娃娃

1. (chiefly Mandarin) Chihuahua (dog)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 芝娃娃

See also

• 奇瓦瓦 (Qíwǎwǎ)