# 羔羊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāoyáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$ joeng$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-yòng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-iûⁿ / ko-iôⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyáng
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^1$-yang$^2$
*** Yale: gāu-yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyang
*** Palladius: гаоян (gaojan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$羔羊 高陽 / 高阳 高揚 / 高扬 高颺 / 高飏
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$ joeng$^4$
*** Yale: gōu yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$ joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$ yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$羔羊 高陽 / 高阳
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-yòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ (r)iong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$ yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-iûⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ko-iûnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'viuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ iũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-iôⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ko-iônn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'viooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/

### Noun

羔羊
* lamb; sheep
* (figurative) innocent or helpless person; scapegoat

#### Synonyms

* (lamb):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小羊, 羔羊, 羊羔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 羊羔兒, 小羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 羊羔, 小羊羔, 小羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 羊羔兒, 小羊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 羊羔, 小羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 羊羔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 羊羔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 羊羔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 羊羔兒, 小羊羔兒, 羊羔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 羊羔 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 羊羔, 羊羔子, 羊羔兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 羊羔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 羊羔兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 羊羔兒, 羊羔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 羊羔兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 羊羔子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 羊羔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 羊羔兒, 羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 羊羔兒, 羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 羊羔兒, 小羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 羊羔兒, 小羊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 小羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 羊羔, 羊羔兒, 羊羔子, 羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 羊羔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 羊羔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 羊羔兒, 尕羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小羊羔兒, 羊羔兒, 小羊羔子, 羊羔子, 小羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 羊羔子, 羊羔羔, 羊咩咩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 羊羔子, 羊羔 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 羊羔子, 駒驢娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 羊娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 羊羔子, 羊娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小羊子, 小羊兒, 羊兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 羊兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 羊羔兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 小羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 小羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 羊羔, 小羊, 小羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 羊羔, 小羊羔, 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小羊兒, 小羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 小羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 羊崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 小羊羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 羊崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 羊羔子, 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 羊羔, 小羊羔子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小羊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 小羊, 小羊羔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 小羊, 小羊羔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小羊子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 羊咩仔, 羊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 羊咩仔, 羊仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 羊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 羊咩 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 羊崽子, 羊羔 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 羊崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 羊崽仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細羊仔, 奶羊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尒羊子, 細羊子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小羊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 羊羔子, 羊羔羔, 羊羔 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Datong | 羊羔兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羊羔子, 羔子, 小羊子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 羊羔羔 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 羊羔子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 羊羔羔 |
| Jin | Jining | 羊羔子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 羊羔子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 羊羔子, 小羊 |
| Jin | Handan | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Suide | 羊羔兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 羊仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 羊囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 羊仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 羊羔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 羊囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 羊囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 羊崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小羊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小羊 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小羊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小羊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小羊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 羊兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小羊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 羊崽子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 羊崽唧 |

#### Derived terms

* 上帝羔羊 (Shàngdì Gāoyáng)
* 代罪羔羊 (dàizuì gāoyáng)
* 天主羔羊 (Tiānzhǔ Gāoyáng)