狗竇

See also: 狗窦

Chinese

		dog	hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; (anatomy) sinus
trad. (狗竇)		狗	竇
simp. (狗窦)		狗	窦

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒudòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² dau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒudòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒudòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-tou⁴
    • Yale: gǒu-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooudow
    • Palladius: гоудоу (goudou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² dau⁶
    • Yale: gáu dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 狗竇

1. hole that permits the passage of dogs; doggie door

   • 吳時，將軍朱桓，得一婢，每夜臥後，頭輒飛去。或從狗竇，或從天窗中出入，以耳為翼，將曉，復還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吴时，将军朱桓，得一婢，每夜卧后，头辄飞去。或从狗窦，或从天窗中出入，以耳为翼，将晓，复还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: In Search of the Sacred, circa 3^rd century CE

     Wú shí, jiàngjūn Zhū Huán, dé yī bì, měiyè wò hòu, tóu zhé fēi qù. Huò cóng gǒudòu, huò cóng tiānchuāng zhōng chūrù, yǐ ěr wéi yì, jiāng xiǎo, fùhái. [Pinyin]

     During Wu, there was a general named Zhu Huan who took one of their women captive. Every night after he fell asleep, her head would immediately fly off. It would enter and exit through the dog's hole or the skylight, flying about using its ears as wings, and would return before dawn.

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² dau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiéu-teu

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² dau³
    • Yale: gáu dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiéu-teu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu` deu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu³ deu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯³¹ teu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 狗竇

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) "dog's nest" (used in comparisons to describe a dump/mess/pigsty)

   狗竇咁亂／狗窦咁乱 [Cantonese]  ―  gau² dau³ gam³ lyun⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  unkempt; untidy; messy

   亂到狗竇噉／乱到狗窦噉 [Cantonese]  ―  lyun⁶ dou³ gau² dau³ gam² [Jyutping]  ―  unkempt; untidy; messy

2. (Hakka) kennel; doghouse

Synonyms

• (kennel): 狗窩／狗窝 (gǒuwō), 狗屋 (gǒuwū); (Min Nan) 狗岫