戇狗

Chinese

		simple; stupid	dog
trad. (戇狗)		戇	狗
simp. (戆狗)		戆	狗
alternative forms		憨狗 怣狗 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōng-káu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōng-káu
    • Tâi-lô: gōng-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxngkao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

戇狗

1. (dialectal Cantonese) mad dog; rabid dog
2. (Hokkien) stupid child (affectionate term used by parents)

Synonyms

• (mad dog):

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋狗 (“mad dog; rabid dog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瘈狗, 猘狗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋狗, 狂犬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瘋狗
	Singapore	瘋狗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘋狗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘋狗
	Wanrong	瘋狗
	Xi'an	瘋狗
	Xining	瘋狗
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	癲狗
	Liuzhou	癲狗, 瘋狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲狗
	Hong Kong	癲狗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	癲狗
	Macau	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	癲狗
	Foshan	癲狗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	癲狗
	Foshan (Shunde)	癲狗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	癲狗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	癲狗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	癲狗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	癲狗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	癲狗
	Taishan	癲狗, 吽狗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吽狗
	Enping (Niujiang)	戇狗
	Heshan (Yayao)	癲狗
	Dongguan	癲狗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	發癲狗
	Qingyuan	癲狗
	Fogang	癲狗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	癲狗
	Yangshan	癲狗
	Lianshan (Butian)	癲狗
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	癲狗
	Shaoguan	癲狗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	癲狗
	Renhua	癲狗
	Lechang	癲狗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	癲狗
	Sihui	癲狗
	Guangning	癲狗
	Deqing	瘋狗
	Huaiji	戇狗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	瘋狗
	Yunfu	癲狗
	Xinxing	戇狗
	Luoding	癲狗
	Yunan (Pingtai)	瘋狗
	Xinyi	癲狗
	Lianjiang	癲狗
	Nanning	癲狗, 瘋狗
	Wuzhou	癲狗
	Yulin	癲狗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	癲狗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	癲狗
Gan	Nanchang	瘋狗
	Lichuan	癲狗
	Pingxiang	癲狗
Hakka	Meixian	癲狗
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	癲狗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	狂狗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	狂狗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	癲狗
	Yudu	癲狗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	癲狗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	癲狗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	癲狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	癲狗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	癲狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲犬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟狗
	Quanzhou	痟狗
	Jinjiang	痟狗
	Yongchun	痟狗
	Zhangzhou	痟狗, 魔神狗
	Tainan	痟狗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟狗
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	癲狗
	Shantou	痟狗
	Jieyang	痟狗
	Haifeng	癲狗
	Singapore (Teochew)	痟狗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	癲狗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	痴狗, 癲狗
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	瘋狗
Wu	Shanghai	瘋狗, 邪狗 dated
	Suzhou	瘋狗
	Danyang	瘋狗
	Ningbo	瘋狗
Xiang	Changsha	癲狗子, 瘋狗子
	Quanzhou	瘋狗

• (stupid child): (Hokkien, Teochew) 戇囝／戆囝, 戇囡仔／戆囡仔

Derived terms

• 戇狗數想豬肝骨 / 戆狗数想猪肝骨