烏狗
See also: 乌狗
Chinese
a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
dog | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏狗) | 烏 | 狗 | |
| simp. (乌狗) | 乌 | 狗 | |
Etymology
- "stout, Guinness"
- From the use of animals on Guinness packaging for exported stout to represent the local distributor of each country (a black dog for Malaysia, a wolf ("red-tongued dog") for Singapore, and a cat for Indonesia).
Pronunciation
Noun
烏狗
- (literally) black dog
- (Malaysia) stout, especially Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) a man who is fashionable, trendy or popular
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, obsolete) a bad boy who chases after women
References
- Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “烏狗”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), →OCLC
- “Entry #6284”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
- Chia, Caroline; Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access]), Brill, →ISBN, page 178
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