吉娃娃

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	baby; young child
trad. (吉娃娃)		吉	娃娃
simp. ^#(吉娃娃)		吉	娃娃

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíwáwa

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ waa¹ waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíwáwa
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíwáwå
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-wa²-wa⁵
  - Yale: jí-wá-wa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiwa.ua
  - Palladius: цзивава (czivava)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ wä³⁵ wä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ waa¹ waa¹
  - Yale: gāt wā wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ waa¹ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ wa¹ wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

Noun

吉娃娃

(chiefly Mandarin) Chihuahua (dog)

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 芝娃娃

See also

奇瓦瓦 (Qíwǎwǎ)

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