狗仔隊

See also: 狗仔队

Chinese

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

Etymology

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, 隊／队 (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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuzǎiduì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² zai² deoi^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuzǎiduì [Phonetic: góuzǎiduì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuzǎiduèi
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-tsai³-tui⁴
    • Yale: gǒu-dzǎi-dwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooutzaeduey
    • Palladius: гоуцзайдуй (gouczajduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² zai² deoi^6-2
    • Yale: gáu jái déui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzai² doey^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² zei² dêu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ tɵy̯²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

狗仔隊

1. paparazzi; paparazzo