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Chinese
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dog
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hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; (anatomy) sinus
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| trad. (狗竇)
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狗
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竇
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| simp. (狗窦)
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狗
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窦
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Pronunciation 1
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 3rd 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
Pronunciation 2
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”)
- (pigsty): 狗窩／狗窝 (gǒuwō); (dialectal) 狗窠; (Sichuanese) 狗窩窩／狗窝窝