虐狗

Chinese

		oppressive; tyrannical	dog
trad. (虐狗)		虐	狗
simp. #(虐狗)		虐	狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nüègǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nüègǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyuègǒu
    • Wade–Giles: nüeh⁴-kou³
    • Yale: nywè-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuehgoou
    • Palladius: нюэгоу (njuegou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny̯ɛ⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

虐狗

1. (literally) to torture a dog
2. (neologism, slang) to torture the “single dog” (單身狗), i.e. to “torture” an unpartnered person by publicly displaying one's affection in a couple

Synonyms

• (publicly display affection): 秀恩愛／秀恩爱 (xiù ēn'ài)