狗竇

See also: 狗窦

Chinese

		dog	hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; sinus (anatom.)
trad. (狗竇)		狗	竇
simp. (狗窦)		狗	窦

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒudòu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² dau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒudòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒudòu
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-tou⁴
  - Yale: gǒu-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooudow
  - Palladius: гоудоу (goudou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² dau⁶
  - Yale: gáu dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² deo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯²²/

Noun

狗竇

hole that permits the passage of dogs; doggie door
- 吳時，將軍朱桓，得一婢，每夜臥後，頭輒飛去。或從狗竇，或從天窗中出入，以耳為翼，將曉，復還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  吴时，将军朱桓，得一婢，每夜卧后，头辄飞去。或从狗窦，或从天窗中出入，以耳为翼，将晓，复还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: In Search of the Sacred, circa 3^rd century CE
  Wú shí, jiàngjūn Zhū Huán, dé yī bì, měiyè wò hòu, tóu zhé fēi qù. Huò cóng gǒudòu, huò cóng tiānchuāng zhōng chūrù, yǐ ěr wéi yì, jiāng xiǎo, fùhái. [Pinyin]
  During Wu, there was a general named Zhu Huan who took one of their women captive. Every night after he fell asleep, her head would immediately fly off. It would enter and exit through the dog's hole or the skylight, flying about using its ears as wings, and would return before dawn.

Derived terms

狗竇大開／狗窦大开

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gau² dau³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): geu² eu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiéu-teu

(Meixian, Guangdong): gêu³ dêu⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² dau³
  - Yale: gáu dau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² deo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: geu² eu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keu⁵⁵ eu²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiéu-teu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gieu` deu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gieu³ deu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯³¹ teu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gêu³ dêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /keu³¹ teu⁵³/

Noun

狗竇

(Cantonese, Hakka) "dog's nest" (used in comparisons to describe a dump/mess/pigsty)
狗竇咁亂／狗窦咁乱 [Cantonese] ― gau² dau³ gam³ lyun⁶ [Jyutping] ― unkempt; untidy; messy

亂到狗竇噉／乱到狗窦噉 [Cantonese] ― lyun⁶ dou³ gau² dau³ gam² [Jyutping] ― unkempt; untidy; messy
(Taishanese, Hakka) kennel; doghouse

Synonyms

(kennel): 狗窩／狗窝 (gǒuwō), 狗屋 (gǒuwū); (Min Bei) 狗巢; (Min Nan) 狗岫

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