紅舌狗

See also: 红舌狗

Chinese

	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	tongue	dog
trad. (紅舌狗)	紅	舌	狗
simp. (红舌狗)	红	舌	狗
Literally: “red-tongued dog”.

Etymology

From the use of animals on Guinness packaging for exported stout to represent the local distributor of each country (a black dog for Malaysia, a wolf ("red-tongued dog") for Singapore, and a cat for Indonesia).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): âng-chi̍h-káu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-chi̍h-káu
  - Tâi-lô: âng-tsi̍h-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: angciqkao
  - IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kau⁴²/

Noun

紅舌狗

(Singapore Hokkien) Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
Synonym: (Malaysia) 烏狗 / 乌狗
- 2003, “Fury Hounds Chant”, in 15, directed by Royston Tan, based off of the Salakau gang chant:
  
  多啉一支紅舌狗　少年𨑨迌無馬走 [Hokkien, trad.]
  多啉一支红舌狗　少年𨑨迌无马走 [Hokkien, simp.]
  to lim chi̍t ki âng-chi̍h-káu, siàu-liân chhit-thô bô-bé-cháu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Down a bottle of Guinness / That's the greatest release [for youth]

Descendants

→ English: ang ji gao, ang ji kao