狗仔隊

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Chinese

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puppy; dog squadron; team; group
trad. (狗仔隊) 狗仔
simp. (狗仔队) 狗仔
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Etymology

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Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. When the word paparazzi was first introduced to Hong Kong, it was frequently rendered as puppy for easier pronunciation, and because puppies follow people around in a similar way to paparazzi. Later on, 狗仔 (gau2 zai2) was used as a semantic loan from English puppy. Still later, (duì, “pack”) was added. The term eventually spread in popularity from Hong Kong to other Chinese-speaking areas, such as the PRC and Taiwan, where the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters is used.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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狗仔隊

  1. paparazzi; paparazzo