乳鴿

See also: 乳鸽

Chinese

		breast; milk	pigeon; dove
trad. (乳鴿)		乳	鴿
simp. (乳鸽)		乳	鸽

燒乳鴿
roasted squab

Etymology

(Hong Kong Cantonese) young Democrat

See 白鴿黨／白鸽党.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ gaap³ / jyu⁵ gaap^3-2 / jyu⁵ gap³ / jyu⁵ gap^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔge
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-ko¹
    • Yale: rǔ-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruuge
    • Palladius: жугэ (žugɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ gaap³ / jyu⁵ gaap^3-2 / jyu⁵ gap³ / jyu⁵ gap^3-2
    • Yale: yúh gaap / yúh gáap / yúh gap / yúh gáp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ gaap⁸ / jy⁵ gaap^8-2 / jy⁵ gap⁸ / jy⁵ gap^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ gab³ / yu⁵ gab^3-2 / yu⁵ geb³ / yu⁵ geb^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ kaːp̚³/, /jyː¹³ kaːp̚³⁻³⁵/, /jyː¹³ kɐp̚³/, /jyː¹³ kɐp̚³⁻³⁵/

Noun

乳鴿

1. squab (baby pigeon) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
   • 1952, 唐龍, directed by 潘炳權, 契爺艷史‎, spoken by 酒樓部長 (陳雲):

     燉乳鴿、掛爐大鴨 [Cantonese, trad.]
     炖乳鸽、挂炉大鸭 [Cantonese, simp.]

     dan⁶ jyu⁵ gaap^3-2, gwaa³ lou⁴ daai⁶ aap^3-2 [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, politics, slang) young Democrat