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)⁺
  - 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: ji⁶ wa¹ wa⁴, ji¹ wa¹ wa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵⁻²² wäː⁵⁵ wäː⁵⁵⁻²¹/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ wäː⁵⁵ wäː⁵⁵/

Noun

芝娃娃

(Cantonese) Chihuahua (dog)

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 吉娃娃 (jíwáwa)

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