芝娃娃

Chinese

		Zoysia pungens	baby; young child
trad. (芝娃娃)		芝	娃娃
simp. #(芝娃娃)		芝	娃娃

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4 / zi¹ waa¹ waa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4 / zi¹ waa¹ waa¹
    • Yale: jih wā wàh / jī wā wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4 / dzi¹ waa¹ waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji^1-6 wa¹ wa^1-4 / ji¹ wa¹ wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵⁻²² waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵⁻²¹/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

Noun

芝娃娃

1. (Cantonese) Chihuahua (dog) (Classifier: 隻／只)

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 吉娃娃 (jíwáwa)