狗咬狗

Chinese

		dog	bite; nip	dog
simp. and trad. (狗咬狗)		狗	咬	狗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒuyǎogǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngaau⁵ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuyǎogǒu [Phonetic: góuyáogǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuyǎogǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-yao³-kou³
  - Yale: gǒu-yǎu-gǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouyeaugoou
  - Palladius: гоуяогоу (goujaogou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² ngaau⁵ gau²
  - Yale: gáu ngáauh gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngaau⁵ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngao⁵ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːu̯¹³ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

狗咬狗

(figurative) dog eat dog; ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive
(figurative) a bad person fights with another bad person

See also

(alternative form of sense "a bad person fights with another bad person") 狗咬狗，一嘴毛
狗咬狗骨

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