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

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• 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

1. (figurative) dog eat dog; ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive
2. (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