狗狗

Chinese

		dog	dog
simp. and trad. (狗狗)		狗	狗
alternative forms		狗勾 (gǒugōu) cute sounding

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒugou, gǒugōu, gǒugóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ˙ㄍㄡ, ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡ, ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² gau²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵keu-keu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒugou
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ˙ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒugo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-kou⁵
    • Yale: gǒu-gou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou.gou
    • Palladius: гоугоу (gougou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴ g̊oʊ̯⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, cute-sounding)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒugōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒugou
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-kou¹
    • Yale: gǒu-gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goougou
    • Palladius: гоугоу (gougou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, tonal diminutive in Taiwanese Mandarin)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒugóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒugóu
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-kou²
    • Yale: gǒu-góu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goougour
    • Palladius: гоугоу (gougou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ koʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau² gau²
    • Yale: gáu gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵keu-keu
    • MiniDict: keu^去 keu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²keu-keu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɤ³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

狗狗

1. (childish or endearing) puppy; doggy

Synonyms

• (puppy): 小狗 (xiǎogǒu), 小狗狗 (xiǎogǒugou)

Derived terms

• 小狗狗