熱狗

See also: 热狗

Chinese

		heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up	dog
trad. (熱狗)		熱	狗
simp. (热狗)		热	狗

Etymology

Calque of English hot dog.

Civic Passion

熱／热 is clipping of 熱血公民／热血公民 (jit⁶ hyut³ gung¹ man⁴), its Chinese name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): règǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˋ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jit⁶ gau²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸gniq-keu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: règǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˋ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: règǒu
    • Wade–Giles: jê⁴-kou³
    • Yale: rè-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rehgoou
    • Palladius: жэгоу (žɛgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jit⁶ gau²
    • Yale: yiht gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yid⁶ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚² kɐu̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸gniq-keu
    • MiniDict: nyih^入 keu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵nyiq-keu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ kɤ²³/

Noun

熱狗

1. hot dog
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous) unairconditioned bus

   Antonym: 冷馬／冷马

3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, politics, derogatory) Civic Passion, or its member

Derived terms

• 熱狗巴／热狗巴