狂犬

Chinese

		conceited; mad	dog
simp. and trad. (狂犬)		狂	犬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuángquǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuángquǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuángcyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang²-chʻüan³
    • Yale: kwáng-chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwangcheuan
    • Palladius: куанцюань (kuancjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

狂犬

1. (literary) fierce dog; ferocious dog
2. (literary) mad dog; rabid dog
3. (attributive) Short for 狂犬病 (kuángquǎnbìng, “rabies”).

   狂犬疫苗  ―  kuángquǎn yìmiáo  ―  rabies vaccine

Synonyms

• (mad dog):

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋狗 (“mad dog; rabid dog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瘈狗, 猘狗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋狗, 狂犬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瘋狗
	Singapore	瘋狗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘋狗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘋狗
	Wanrong	瘋狗
	Xi'an	瘋狗
	Xining	瘋狗
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	癲狗
	Liuzhou	癲狗, 瘋狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲狗
	Hong Kong	癲狗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	癲狗
	Macau	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	癲狗
	Foshan	癲狗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	癲狗
	Foshan (Shunde)	癲狗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	癲狗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	癲狗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	癲狗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	癲狗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	癲狗
	Taishan	癲狗, 吽狗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吽狗
	Enping (Niujiang)	戇狗
	Heshan (Yayao)	癲狗
	Dongguan	癲狗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	發癲狗
	Qingyuan	癲狗
	Fogang	癲狗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	癲狗
	Yangshan	癲狗
	Lianshan (Butian)	癲狗
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	癲狗
	Shaoguan	癲狗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	癲狗
	Renhua	癲狗
	Lechang	癲狗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	癲狗
	Sihui	癲狗
	Guangning	癲狗
	Deqing	瘋狗
	Huaiji	戇狗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	瘋狗
	Yunfu	癲狗
	Xinxing	戇狗
	Luoding	癲狗
	Yunan (Pingtai)	瘋狗
	Xinyi	癲狗
	Lianjiang	癲狗
	Nanning	癲狗, 瘋狗
	Wuzhou	癲狗
	Yulin	癲狗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	癲狗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	癲狗
Gan	Nanchang	瘋狗
	Lichuan	癲狗
	Pingxiang	癲狗
Hakka	Meixian	癲狗
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	癲狗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	狂狗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	狂狗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	癲狗
	Yudu	癲狗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	癲狗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	癲狗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	癲狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	癲狗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	癲狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲犬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟狗
	Quanzhou	痟狗
	Jinjiang	痟狗
	Yongchun	痟狗
	Zhangzhou	痟狗, 魔神狗
	Tainan	痟狗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟狗
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	癲狗
	Shantou	痟狗
	Jieyang	痟狗
	Haifeng	癲狗
	Singapore (Teochew)	痟狗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	癲狗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	痴狗, 癲狗
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	瘋狗
Wu	Shanghai	瘋狗, 邪狗 dated
	Suzhou	瘋狗
	Danyang	瘋狗
	Ningbo	瘋狗
Xiang	Changsha	癲狗子, 瘋狗子
	Quanzhou	瘋狗

Derived terms

• 狂犬吠日
• 狂犬病 (kuángquǎnbìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狂	犬
きょう Grade: S	けん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 狂 (kyō, “mad”) +‎ 犬 (ken, “dog”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーけん [kyòókéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

狂(きょう)犬(けん) • (kyōken) ^{←きやうけん (kyauken)?}

1. a mad dog; a rabid dog

See also

• 狂(きょう)犬(けん)病(びょう) (kyōkenbyō)