狗腿

Chinese

		dog	leg
trad. (狗腿)		狗	腿
simp. #(狗腿)		狗	腿
Literally: “dog leg”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒutuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄊㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² teoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒutuǐ [Phonetic: góutuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒutuěi
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-tʻui³
    • Yale: gǒu-twěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooutoei
    • Palladius: гоутуй (goutuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² teoi²
    • Yale: gáu téui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² toey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² têu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

狗腿

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

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 狗腿子 (gǒutuǐzi) (figurative, derogatory)
• 走卒 (zǒuzú)
• 走狗 (zǒugǒu) (figurative, derogatory)
• 鷹犬 / 鹰犬 (yīngquǎn) (figurative)