打狗

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Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (打狗)		打	狗

Etymology

Borrowed from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dǎgǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tá-káu / Táⁿ-káu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dǎgǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dǎgǒu
  - Wade–Giles: Ta³-kou³
  - Yale: Dǎ-gǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daagoou
  - Palladius: Дагоу (Dagou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² gau²
  - Yale: dá gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tá-káu
  - Tâi-lô: Tá-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dafkao
  - IPA (Taipei): /ta⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Táⁿ-káu
  - Tâi-lô: Tánn-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvafkao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

Proper noun

打狗

Old name for 高雄 (Gāoxióng, “Kaohsiung”).

Descendants

→ Japanese: 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao)
- → Chinese: 高雄 (Gāoxióng)

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