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狗
- gǒu (gou³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
- ㄍㄡˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
- gou³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
- gòu Mandarin, 西安, 關中話拼音
- gǒu Mandarin, 南京, 南京話拼音
- gau² Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
- gaau² Cantonese, 東莞話, 擴展粵拼
- geu² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
- gieu³ Gan, Wiktionary specific
- kiéu Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
- gieu^ˊ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
- gêu³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
- geu³ Hakka, 長汀, 長汀話拼音
- gou² Jin, Wiktionary specific
- ě Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
- gě Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
- gēu Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
- gao³ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
- gieo³ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
- káu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- kó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- kió Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- gao² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
- gao² Min Nan, 雷州話, 雷州話拼音
- gau² Southern Pinghua, 南寧話, 擴展粵拼
- ⁵keu Wu, Wugniu, Northern
- ³keu Wu, Wugniu, Northern
Where it comes from
形聲漢字(上古 *koːʔ):意符 犬 + 聲符 句 (上古 *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) 。
源自某種現代苗瑤語族祖語,來自原始苗瑤語 *qluwˣ (“狗”),可能來自原始南島語 *(u-)(ŋ)kuɣkuɣ (“狗”) (Norman, 1988;Benedict, 1996)。
另一個說法,STEDT溯源至原始漢藏語 *d-kʷəj-n (“狗”),犬 (上古 *kʰʷeːnʔ)也經由此衍生。
較不常見的是,它可能與駒 (上古 *ko, “幼馬”)、羔 (上古 *kluː, “羔羊”)、𤘽 (“小狗”)有關 (Wang, 1982)。出土的戰國及秦代文獻中可見狗子/小狗 (gǒuzi)、虎狗;在《嶽麓秦簡》中,後者因賞賜較低而與成年老虎有所區別。這表明「狗 (gǒu)」一字,如同其異體字「豿 (gǒu)」一般,亦可指代幼獸或幼崽。
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In English
Talk about this word "狗." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8B%97. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. 狗. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8B%97 "狗." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8B%97.Cite this
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title = {狗},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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