狗噏

Chinese

		dog	(Cantonese) to babble
trad. (狗噏)		狗	噏
simp. ^#(狗噏)		狗	噏

Etymology

Minced form of 鳩噏／鸠噏. Popularized after Donald Tsang's speech error at the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2009.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngap¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² ngap¹
  - Yale: gáu ngāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵/

Verb

狗噏

(Cantonese, minced oath, vulgar) to babble away, to ramble away

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