芝娃娃

Chinese

		Zoysia pungens	baby; young child
trad. (芝娃娃)		芝	娃娃
simp. ^#(芝娃娃)		芝	娃娃

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4, zi¹ waa¹ waa¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4, zi¹ waa¹ waa¹
  - Yale: jih wā wàh, jī wā wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4, dzi¹ waa¹ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji^1-6 wa¹ wa^1-4, ji¹ wa¹ wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵⁻²² waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵⁻²¹/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

Noun

芝娃娃

(Cantonese) Chihuahua (dog) (Classifier: 隻／只)

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 吉娃娃 (jíwáwa)

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