狗腿子

Chinese

		dog
trad. (狗腿子)		狗	腿子
simp. #(狗腿子)		狗	腿子

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒutuǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄊㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒutuǐzi [Phonetic: góutuǐzi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄊㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒutuěizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-tʻui³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gǒu-twěi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooutoei.tzy
    • Palladius: гоутуйцзы (goutujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

狗腿子

1. (colloquial, figurative, politics, derogatory) running dog; lackey; cat's paw; person subservient to counterrevolutionary or evil interests

Synonyms

• 共犯 (gòngfàn)
• 共謀／共谋 (gòngmóu)
• 同夥／同伙 (tónghuǒ)
• 同案犯 (tóng'ànfàn)
• 同犯 (tóngfàn)
• 同謀／同谋 (tóngmóu)
• 同謀犯／同谋犯 (tóngmóufàn)
• 同黨／同党 (tóngdǎng)
• 幫兇／帮凶 (bāngxiōng)
• 爪牙 (zhǎoyá) (figurative, derogatory)
• 狗腿 (gǒutuǐ) (figurative, derogatory)
• 走卒 (zǒuzú)
• 走狗 (zǒugǒu) (figurative, derogatory)
• 鷹犬／鹰犬 (yīngquǎn) (figurative)