# 狗竇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǒudòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄉㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^2$ dau$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǒudòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄉㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǒudòu
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^3$-tou$^4$
*** Yale: gǒu-dòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooudow
*** Palladius: гоудоу (goudou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^2$ dau$^6$
*** Yale: gáu dauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^2$ dau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^2$ deo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯²²/

#### Noun

狗竇
* hole that permits the passage of dogs; doggie door
    From: In Search of the Sacred, circa 3rd century CE
    Wú shí, jiàngjūn Zhū Huán, dé yī bì, měiyè wò hòu, tóu zhé fēi qù. Huò cóng gǒudòu, huò cóng tiānchuāng zhōng chūrù, yǐ ěr wéi yì, jiāng xiǎo, fùhái. [Pinyin]
    During Wu, there was a general named Zhu Huan who took one of their women captive. Every night after he fell asleep, her head would immediately fly off. It would enter and exit through the dog's hole or the skylight, flying about using its ears as wings, and would return before dawn.

##### Derived terms

* 狗竇大開／狗窦大开

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau$^2$ dau$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): geu$^2$ eu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiéu-teu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gêu$^3$ dêu$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^2$ dau$^3$
*** Yale: gáu dau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^2$ dau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^2$ deo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: geu$^2$ eu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /keu⁵⁵ eu²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiéu-teu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gieu$^ˋ$ deu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gieu$^3$ deu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯³¹ teu̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gêu$^3$ dêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /keu³¹ teu⁵³/

#### Noun

狗竇
* (Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Nanning Pinghua) kennel; doghouse
* (Cantonese, Hakka, figurative) pigsty; dump (used to describe a dirty and very untidy place)
    狗竇咁亂／狗窦咁乱 [Cantonese] ― gau$^2$ dau$^3$ gam$^3$ lyun$^6$ [Jyutping] ― unkempt; untidy; messy
    亂到狗竇噉／乱到狗窦噉 [Cantonese] ― lyun$^6$ dou$^3$ gau$^2$ dau$^3$ gam$^2$ [Jyutping] ― unkempt; untidy; messy

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 狗窩, 狗屋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 狗窩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 狗窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 狗窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 狗窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 狗窩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 狗窩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 狗窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 狗窩, 狗窩窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 狗窠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 狗窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 狗窩, 狗竇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 狗窩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 狗窩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狗竇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 狗竇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 狗竇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 狗窩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 狗藪 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 狗窠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 狗竇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 狗藪 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 狗竇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 狗竇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 狗竇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 狗竇 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 狗竇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 狗藪 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 狗窠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 狗窩 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 狗窩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 狗巢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 犬宿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狗岫 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 狗岫 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 狗岫 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 狗岫 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 狗岫 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 狗岫 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狗竇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Danyang | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狗窠 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 狗窠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 狗窠 |
* (pigsty): 狗窩／狗窝 (gǒuwō); (dialectal) 狗窠; (Sichuanese) 狗窩窩／狗窝窝