打狗

打狗

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (打狗)		打	狗

Etymology

Borrowed from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǎgǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gau²
• Min Nan (POJ): Táⁿ-káu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Dǎgǒu [Phonetic: dágǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daagoou
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gau²
    • Yale: dá gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² geo²
    • IPA ^(key): /täː³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Táⁿ-káu
    • Tâi-lô: Tánn-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvafkao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ⁴¹/

Proper noun

打狗

1. Old name for 高雄 (Gāoxióng, “Kaohsiung”).