狗
Meanings
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- 1.dog
- 2.CL:只[zhī],条[tiáo]
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Wiktionary
- 1.dog (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 條／条 m)
- 2.something or someone unpleasant
- 3.Used as an attributive.
- 4.a miserable person (used in compounds)
- 5.obedient or overworked employee; workhorse; wage slave
- 6.police; pig; po-po
- 7.to flatter
- 8.cunning
- 9.cub; young bear or tiger
- 10.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *koːʔ): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo). From some language ancestral to modern Hmong-Mien languages, from Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwˣ (“dog”), perhaps from Proto-Austronesian *(u-)(ŋ)kuɣkuɣ (“dog”) (Norman, 1988; Benedict, 1996). Alternatively, STEDT derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”), whence also 犬 (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ). Less likely, it may be related to 駒 (OC *ko, “foal”), 羔 (OC *kluː, “lamb”), 𤘽 (“calf”) (Wang, 1982).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我怕狗。
I'm scared of dogs.
狗在叫。
The dog is barking.
狗会叫。
Dogs bark.
小心狗！
Beware of the dog!
我怕狗。
I'm afraid of dogs.
他怕狗。
He's afraid of dogs.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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