Word and Radical Components of 狗
The Chinese word 狗 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.
| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 狗 |
gǒu |
1. dog |
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餵 狗 - to feed a dog |
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累lèi 成 狗 - extremely tired cf. dog-tired |
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2. (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant |
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3. (Used as an attributive.) |
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4. 狗 男女 - couple in an illicit love affair |
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5. 狗官 - government official |
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6. 看 老娘 錘 爆 你 的 狗 頭！ - See how I hammer you in your goddamn head! |
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7. (self-deprecatory) a miserable person ((used in compounds)) |
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8. 單身狗 - singleton |
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9. IT 狗 - a person working in the IT industry |
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10. (Hong Kong, neologism, derogatory) police; pig; po-po |
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11. (chiefly Beijing) to flatter |
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12. (Cantonese) cunning |
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13. (obsolete) cub; young bear or tiger |
