遛狗

Chinese

		to stroll; walk a horse; to linger	dog
trad. (遛狗/蹓狗)		遛/蹓	狗
simp. (遛狗)		遛	狗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liùgǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liùgǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liòugǒu
  - Wade–Giles: liu⁴-kou³
  - Yale: lyòu-gǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowgoou
  - Palladius: люгоу (ljugou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁶ gau²
  - Yale: lauh gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

遛⫽狗 (verb-object)

to walk a dog

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 遛狗 (“to walk a dog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		遛狗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	遛狗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	放狗