吉娃娃

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	baby; young child
simp. and trad. (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)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíwáwa
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiwa.ua
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ u̯ä³⁵ u̯ä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ waa¹ waa¹
  - Yale: gāt wā wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ waa¹ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ wa¹ wa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ wäː⁵⁵ wäː⁵⁵/

Noun

吉娃娃

(chiefly Mandarin) Chihuahua (dog)

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 芝娃娃

See also

奇瓦瓦 (Qíwǎwǎ)

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