痟狗

Chinese

		dog
trad. (痟狗)	痟	狗
simp. ^#(痟狗)	痟	狗
alternative forms	𤞚狗

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo³ gao³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siáu-káu

(Teochew, Peng'im): siao² gao² / siou² gao²

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo³ gao³ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ ao³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤u-gâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)au⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo³ gao³ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ ao³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu³³²⁻²¹ ^(k-)au³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Yongchun, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-káu
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'kao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yongchun): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siao² gao² / siou² gao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siáu káu / sióu káu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau⁵²⁻³⁵ kau⁵²/, /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ kau⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

siao2 gao2 - Shantou;
siou2 gao2 - Chaozhou.

Noun

痟狗

(Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) mad dog; rabid dog
(Hokkien) lecher; womanizer; lady's man
(Quanzhou Hokkien) easily provoked person
(Puxian Min) a person who fabricates charges to frame others

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋狗 (“mad dog; rabid dog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瘈狗, 猘狗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋狗, 狂犬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瘋狗
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	瘋狗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘋狗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘋狗
	Wanrong	瘋狗
	Xi'an	瘋狗
	Xining	瘋狗
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	癲狗
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	癲狗, 瘋狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲狗
	Hong Kong	癲狗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	癲狗
	Macau	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	癲狗
	Foshan	癲狗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	癲狗
	Foshan (Shunde)	癲狗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	癲狗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	癲狗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	癲狗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	癲狗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	癲狗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	癲狗
	Taishan	癲狗, 吽狗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吽狗
	Enping (Niujiang)	戇狗
	Heshan (Yayao)	癲狗
	Dongguan	癲狗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	發癲狗
	Qingyuan	癲狗
	Fogang	癲狗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	癲狗
	Yangshan	癲狗
	Lianshan (Butian)	癲狗
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	癲狗
	Shaoguan	癲狗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	癲狗
	Renhua	癲狗
	Lechang	癲狗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	癲狗
	Sihui	癲狗
	Guangning	癲狗
	Deqing	瘋狗
	Huaiji	戇狗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	瘋狗
	Yunfu	癲狗
	Xinxing	戇狗
	Luoding	癲狗
	Yunan (Pingtai)	瘋狗
	Xinyi	癲狗
	Lianjiang	癲狗
	Nanning	癲狗, 瘋狗
	Wuzhou	癲狗
	Yulin	癲狗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	癲狗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	癲狗
Gan	Nanchang	瘋狗
	Lichuan	癲狗
	Pingxiang	癲狗
Hakka	Meixian	癲狗
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	癲狗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	狂狗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	狂狗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	癲狗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	癲狗
	Yudu	癲狗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	癲狗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	癲狗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	癲狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	癲狗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	癲狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲犬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟狗
	Quanzhou	痟狗, 狂狗
	Jinjiang	痟狗
	Yongchun	痟狗
	Zhangzhou	痟狗, 魔神狗
	Tainan	痟狗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟狗
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	癲狗
	Shantou	痟狗
	Jieyang	痟狗
	Haifeng	癲狗
	Singapore (Teochew)	痟狗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	癲狗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	痴狗, 癲狗
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	瘋狗
Wu	Shanghai	瘋狗, 邪狗 dated
	Suzhou	瘋狗
	Danyang	瘋狗
	Ningbo	瘋狗
Xiang	Changsha	癲狗子, 瘋狗子
Xiang	Quanzhou	瘋狗

Dialectal synonyms of 色鬼 (“lecher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		登徒子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		色鬼, 色狼, 好色之徒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	色迷, 色毛, 色迷鬼兒, 迷瞪鬼兒, 色坯子
	Taiwan	色鬼, 色狼
	Harbin	羊扒子
	Singapore	色狼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	色迷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹹濕佬, 鹹濕鬼, 鹹蟲, 雞蟲, 麻甩佬, 色狼, 生雞
	Hong Kong	鹹濕佬, 鹹濕仔, 鹹濕鬼, 狗公, 鹹蟲, 淫蟲, 色狼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鹹濕佬
	Dongguan	鹹濕佬, 毛騷佬, 鹹蟲, 生雞精, 麻甩佬
	Nanning	鹹濕公, 扒灰佬
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	鹹濕鬼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鹹濕佬
Hakka	Meixian	沙鬼, 沙骨頭, 色鬼, 鹹濕鬼
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鹹濕佬, 豺牯, 豺牯佬, 豺鬼, 生雞頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬哥
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	豬哥
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	豬哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬哥
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	豬哥
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	豬哥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬哥, 豬哥仙, 痴哥牯, 騷牯
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	豬哥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬哥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豬哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬哥, 痴哥, 五枝鬚, 痟狗, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Quanzhou	豬哥, 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Zhangzhou	豬哥, 五枝鬚, 痟狗, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Kaohsiung	不死鬼, 豬哥, 痴哥
	Tainan	豬哥, 痴哥, 痟狗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痴哥伯, 豬哥
	Manila (Hokkien)	豬哥
	Shantou	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Shantou (Chenghai)	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Jieyang	痴哥鱉
	Haifeng	豬哥, 豬哥伯, 利痴哥
	Singapore (Teochew)	痴哥伯
	Leizhou	白鼻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鹹濕公, 鹹濕佬
Wu	Shanghai	騷卵

Derived terms

痟狗湧 / 痟狗涌
痟狗病
痟狗症
痟狗草

References

“痟狗”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “痟狗”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 487.