狗噏

Chinese

		dog	(Cantonese) to babble
trad. (狗噏)		狗	噏
simp. #(狗噏)		狗	噏

Etymology

Minced form of 鳩噏／鸠噏. Popularized after Donald Tsang's speech error at the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2009.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ngap¹
    • Yale: gáu ngāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵/

Verb

狗噏

1. (Cantonese, minced oath, vulgar) to babble away, to ramble away