小狗

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	dog
simp. and trad. (小狗)		小	狗

小狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎogǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎogǒu [Phonetic: xiáogǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎogǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kou³
    • Yale: syǎu-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaugoou
    • Palladius: сяогоу (sjaogou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎogǒur [Phonetic: xiáogǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎogǒur
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-gǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaugooul
    • Palladius: сяогоур (sjaogour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gau²
    • Yale: síu gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

小狗

1. puppy

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		犬子, 小犬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小狗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小狗兒
	Taiwan	小狗
	Harbin	小狗兒, 狗崽兒
	Singapore	小狗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小狗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小狗兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	狗娃子
	Xi'an	狗娃子, 狗娃兒
	Xining	尕狗娃兒, 狗娃兒
	Xuzhou	小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒, 小狗兒, 巴狗子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	狗娃子, 狗娃娃
	Ürümqi	狗娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶狗兒
	Wuhan	小狗子
	Guiyang	狗兒, 狗崽
	Liuzhou	狗崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小狗
	Yangzhou	小狗子, 小狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗仔
	Hong Kong	狗仔
	Dongguan	狗仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	狗仔
Gan	Nanchang	狗崽子
	Lichuan	狗崽兒
	Pingxiang	狗崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細狗仔
	Yudu	尒狗子, 細狗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗子, 細狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狗幺
Huizhou	Jixi	細狗
Jin	Taiyuan	小狗狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犬囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Quanzhou	狗仔
	Yongchun	狗囝
	Zhangzhou	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗仔
	Haifeng	狗仔
	Singapore (Teochew)	狗囝
	Leizhou	狗囝
	Haikou	狗囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細狗
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小狗
	Suzhou	小狗
	Danyang	小狗子
	Hangzhou	小狗兒
	Ningbo	小狗
	Wenzhou	狗兒, 狗童兒
	Jinhua	小狗
Xiang	Changsha	狗崽子
	Loudi	狗崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 小狗 (“puppy”) [map]

• 狗狗 (gǒugou)
• 小狗狗 (xiǎogǒugou)