狗仔

Chinese

		dog	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (狗仔)		狗	仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau² zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): geu² doi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiéu-é
• Northern Min (KCR): ě-ciě
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-á

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuzǎi [Phonetic: góuzǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-tsai³
    • Yale: gǒu-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooutzae
    • Palladius: гоуцзай (gouczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² zai²
    • Yale: gáu jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: geu² doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keu⁵⁵ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiéu-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu` e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu³ e³
    • Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ki̯eu̯³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Meinong): /ki̯eu̯³¹ e³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě-ciě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-á
    • Tâi-lô: káu-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kawar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

狗仔

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min) puppy (Classifier: 隻／只 c mn)
2. (Northern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) dog (Classifier: 隻／只 h mn; 條／条 h)
3. stalker; paparazzi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小狗 (“puppy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		犬子, 小犬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小狗
Mandarin	Beijing	小狗兒
	Taiwan	小狗
	Harbin	小狗兒, 狗崽兒
	Yantai (Muping)	小狗兒
	Jinan	小狗
	Wanrong	狗娃子
	Xi'an	狗娃子, 狗娃兒
	Yinchuan	狗娃子, 狗娃娃
	Xining	尕狗娃兒, 狗娃兒
	Ürümqi	狗娃子
	Wuhan	小狗子
	Chengdu	奶狗兒
	Guiyang	狗兒, 狗崽
	Liuzhou	狗崽
	Xuzhou	小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒, 小狗兒, 巴狗子
	Yangzhou	小狗子, 小狗
	Nanjing	小狗
	Singapore	小狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗仔
	Hong Kong	狗仔
	Dongguan	狗仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	狗仔
Gan	Nanchang	狗崽子
	Lichuan	狗崽兒
	Pingxiang	狗崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細狗仔
	Yudu	尒狗子, 細狗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗子, 細狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狗幺
Huizhou	Jixi	細狗
Jin	Taiyuan	小狗狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犬囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Quanzhou	狗仔
	Yongchun	狗囝
	Zhangzhou	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗仔
	Haifeng	狗仔
	Singapore (Teochew)	狗囝
	Leizhou	狗囝
	Haikou	狗囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細狗
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小狗
	Suzhou	小狗
	Danyang	小狗子
	Hangzhou	小狗兒
	Ningbo	小狗
	Wenzhou	狗兒, 狗童兒
	Jinhua	小狗
Xiang	Changsha	狗崽子
	Loudi	狗崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 狗 (“dog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		犬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		狗
Taxonomic name		犬
Mandarin	Beijing	狗
	Taiwan	狗
	Tianjin	狗
	Chengde	狗
	Tangshan	狗
	Cangzhou	狗
	Baoding	狗
	Shijiazhuang	狗
	Chifeng	狗
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	狗
	Heihe	狗
	Qiqihar	狗
	Harbin	狗
	Jiamusi	狗
	Baicheng	狗
	Changchun	狗
	Tonghua	狗
	Shenyang	狗
	Dandong	狗
	Jinzhou	狗
	Dalian	狗
	Yantai	狗子
	Yantai (Muping)	狗子, 狗
	Qingdao	狗
	Lijin	狗
	Zhucheng	狗
	Jinan	狗
	Jining	狗
	Luoyang	狗
	Wanrong	狗
	Shangqiu	狗
	Yuanyang	狗
	Zhengzhou	狗
	Lingbao	狗
	Xinyang	狗
	Baihe	狗, 狗子
	Hanzhong	狗
	Xi'an	狗
	Dingbian	狗
	Baoji	狗
	Yinchuan	狗
	Tianshui	狗
	Lanzhou	狗
	Dunhuang	狗
	Xining	狗
	Hami	狗
	Ürümqi	狗
	Yanqi	狗
	Wuhan	狗, 狗子, 狗狗 childish, 來富 dated
	Yichang	狗, 狗子
	Xiangyang	狗, 狗子
	Tianmen	狗, 狗子
	Hong'an	狗子
	Chengdu	狗
	Nanchong	狗
	Dazhou	狗
	Hanyuan	狗
	Xichang	狗
	Zigong	狗
	Chongqing	狗, 狗兒
	Guiyang	狗
	Zunyi	狗
	Bijie	狗
	Liping	狗
Zhaotong	狗
Dali	狗
Kunming	狗
Mengzi	狗
Guilin	狗
Liuzhou	狗, 狗崽, 三六, 地羊 as food
Jishou	狗
Changde	狗, 狗子
Anqing	狗
Xuzhou	狗
Fuyang	狗
Wuhu	狗
Yangzhou	狗, 狗子
Lianyungang	狗
Lianshui	狗
Nanjing	狗
Hefei	狗
Nantong	狗, 狗子
Malaysia	狗
Singapore	狗
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗
	Hong Kong	狗, 㕵㕵 childish, 㕵㕵狗 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	狗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	狗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	狗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	狗
	Macau	狗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	狗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	狗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	狗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	狗
	Foshan	狗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	狗
	Foshan (Shunde)	狗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	狗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	狗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	狗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	狗
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	狗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	狗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	狗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	狗
	Taishan	狗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	狗
	Enping (Niujiang)	狗
	Heshan (Yayao)	狗
	Dongguan	狗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	狗
	Shaoguan	狗
	Yunfu	狗
	Yangjiang	狗
	Xinyi	狗
	Lianjiang	狗
	Nanning	狗
	Wuzhou	狗
	Yulin	狗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	狗
	Beihai	狗
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	狗
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	狗
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	狗
	Penang (Guangfu)	狗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	狗
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	狗
	Móng Cái	狗
Gan	Nanchang	狗
	Lichuan	狗
	Pingxiang	狗
Hakka	Meixian	狗, 無角羊
	Dabu (Gaobei)	狗
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	狗
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	狗
	Fengshun (Pantian)	狗
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	狗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	狗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	狗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	狗
	Conghua (Lütian)	狗
	Changting	狗
	Yudu	狗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗, 狗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狗
	Hong Kong	狗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	狗
	Sabah (Longchuan)	狗
	Senai (Huiyang)	狗
	Kuching (Hepo)	狗
	Singkawang	狗
Huizhou	Jixi	狗
	Shexian	狗
Jin	Taiyuan	狗兒, 狗
	Yangyuan	狗
	Datong	狗, 狗娃子
	Xinzhou	狗
	Lishi	狗兒
	Linfen	狗
	Changzhi	狗
	Linhe	狗, 狗子
	Jining	狗
	Hohhot	狗
	Erenhot	狗
	Pingshan	狗
	Zhangjiakou	狗
	Handan	狗
	Linzhou	狗
	Suide	狗
Northern Min	Jian'ou	狗仔, 狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犬, 犬囝
	Changle	犬
	Fuqing	犬
	Yongtai	犬
	Gutian	犬
	Fu'an	犬
	Ningde	犬
	Shouning	犬
	Zhouning	犬
	Fuding	犬
	Matsu	犬
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗
	Quanzhou	狗
	Zhangzhou	狗
	Zhao'an	狗
	Kaohsiung	狗
	Yilan	狗
	Changhua (Lukang)	狗
	Taichung	狗
	Taichung (Wuqi)	狗
	Tainan	狗仔
	Taitung	狗
	Hsinchu	狗
	Penghu (Magong)	狗
	Penang (Hokkien)	狗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	狗
	Chaozhou	狗
	Shantou	狗
	Haifeng	狗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	狗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	狗
	Singapore (Teochew)	狗
	Leizhou	狗, 四五
	Wenchang	狗
	Haikou	狗
	Singapore (Hainanese)	狗
Puxian Min	Putian	狗
	Xianyou	狗
Central Min	Yanping (Wangtai)	狗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	狗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狗, 地羊 dated, euphemistic, 三六 argot, 四打五 argot
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	狗
Shehua	Fu'an	狗
	Fuding	狗
	Luoyuan	狗
	Sanming	狗
	Shunchang	狗
	Hua'an	狗
	Guixi (Zhangping)	狗
	Cangnan	狗
	Jingning	狗
	Lishui	狗
	Longyou	狗
	Chaozhou	狗
	Fengshun	狗
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	犬
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	犬
	Luxi (Baisha)	犬
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	犬
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	犬
	Chengbu (Xuntou)	犬
Wu	Shanghai	狗, 汪汪狗 childish
	Shanghai (Chongming)	狗
	Suzhou	狗
	Danyang	狗子
	Hangzhou	狗
	Ningbo	黃狗
	Wenzhou	狗, 𡀿𡀿 childish
	Jinhua	狗
Xiang	Changsha	狗
	Xiangxiang	狗
	Loudi	狗
	Shuangfeng	狗
	Quanzhou	狗

Derived terms

• 土狗仔
• 山狗仔
• 狗仔囝
• 狗仔式
• 狗仔蟲／狗仔虫
• 狗仔隊／狗仔队 (gǒuzǎiduì)
• 茅狗仔