狗竇

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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

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

狗竇

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.
  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.

Derived terms

狗竇大開／狗窦大开

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau² dau³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): geu² eu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiéu-teu

(Meixian, Guangdong): gêu³ dêu⁴

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: geu² eu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keu⁵⁵ eu²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiéu-teu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gieu^ˋ deu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gieu³ deu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯³¹ teu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gêu³ dêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /keu³¹ teu⁵³/

Noun

狗竇

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Pinghua) kennel; doghouse
(Cantonese, Hakka, figurative) pigsty; dump (used to describe a dirty and very untidy place)
狗竇咁亂／狗窦咁乱 [Cantonese] ― gau² dau³ gam³ lyun⁶ ― unkempt; untidy; messy

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 狗窩 (“kennel; doghouse”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		狗窩, 狗屋
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	狗窩
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	狗窩
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	狗窩
	Xi'an	狗窩
	Xining	狗窩
	Xuzhou	狗窩
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	狗窩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	狗窩, 狗窩窩
	Wuhan	狗窠
	Guiyang	狗窩
	Liuzhou	狗窩, 狗竇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	狗窩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	狗窩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗竇
	Taishan	狗竇
	Dongguan	狗竇
Gan	Nanchang	狗窩
	Lichuan	狗藪
	Pingxiang	狗窠
Hakka	Meixian	狗竇
	Yudu	狗藪
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗竇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗竇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗竇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗竇
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	狗竇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狗藪
Huizhou	Jixi	狗窠
Jin	Taiyuan	狗窩
Jin	Xinzhou	狗窩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	狗巢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犬宿
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗岫
	Quanzhou	狗岫
	Jinjiang	狗岫
	Zhangzhou	狗岫
	Leizhou	狗岫
	Haikou	狗岫
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狗竇
Wu	Shanghai	狗窠
	Shanghai (Chongming)	狗窠
	Suzhou	狗窠
	Danyang	狗窠
	Hangzhou	狗窠
	Ningbo	狗窠
	Wenzhou	狗窠
	Jinhua	狗窠
Xiang	Loudi	狗窠

(pigsty): 狗窩／狗窝 (gǒuwō); (dialectal) 狗窠; (Sichuanese) 狗窩窩／狗窝窝

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