羊頭狗肉

See also: 羊头狗肉

Chinese

		goat's head	dog meat
trad. (羊頭狗肉)		羊頭	狗肉
simp. (羊头狗肉)		羊头	狗肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángtóugǒuròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ tau⁴ gau² juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángtóugǒuròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángtóugǒuròu
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-tʻou²-kou³-jou⁴
    • Yale: yáng-tóu-gǒu-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangtourgoourow
    • Palladius: янтоугоужоу (jantougoužou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ tau⁴ gau² juk⁶
    • Yale: yèuhng tàuh gáu yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ tau⁴ gau² juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ teo⁴ geo² yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Idiom

羊頭狗肉

1. synonym of 掛羊頭賣狗肉 / 挂羊头卖狗肉 (guà yángtóu mài gǒuròu, “to cry wine and sell vinegar; to use a good cause as a cover for doing something bad”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羊	頭	狗	肉
よう Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2	く Hyōgai	にく Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on	goon

Etymology

Literally, “sheep head, dog meat” 羊頭(ようとう) (yōtō, “sheep head”) + 狗肉(くにく) (kuniku, “dog meat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːto̞ːkɯ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟]

Noun

羊(よう)頭(とう)狗(く)肉(にく) • (yōtōkuniku) 

1. false advertising, crying wine and selling vinegar

References

• “羊頭^▲狗肉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026