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How to say “Rabbit” in Cantonese — 兔 (tou3)

The Cantonese for “rabbit” is 兔 (tou3) — rabbit; hare.

tou˗₃兔
nounrabbit; hare
nounyoung boy kept for sexual perversion
View the full 兔 entry →

Other ways to say “rabbit”

兔仔tou3 zai2
rabbit; hare; bunny | Std. Chin.: 兔子
兔子tou3 zi2
rabbit | [粵]: 兔 (tou3)
野兔je5 tou3
hare; jackrabbit; (i.e. leporids belonging to the genus Lepus)

Example sentences with 兔

我有雪白的兔子
I have a snowy white rabbit
tou˗₃兔jyunˎ₄元ninˎ₄年houˊ²好mˎ₄唔hou2?好?
Is the Year of the Rabbit good?
tou˗₃兔zaiˊ²仔sikˍ₆食coˊ²草
Rabbits eat grass.
tiu˗₃跳syuˊ²鼠houˊ²好ciˏ₅似tou3.兔。
The jerboa looks like a rabbit.

How to pronounce it

The romanisation in brackets (tou3) is Jyutping, the standard system for Cantonese sounds. New to it? Read our beginner’s guide to Jyutping → or learn about Cantonese tones.

Related words

兔瓣嘴tou3 faan6 zeoi2
cleft lip; harelip | Syn: 兔唇,唇顎裂
狡兔三窟gaau2 tou3 saam1 fat1
a wily hare has three burrows
卯兔maau5 tou3
Year 4, Year of the Rabbit
玉兔juk6 tou3
poetic name for moon
守株待兔sau2 zyu1 doi6 tou3
stand by a tree stump waiting for a hare (to come and dash itself against the stump)
兔年tou3 nin4
the Year of the rabbit (one of the 12 year cycle of animals 十二生肖 in the Chinese calendar and zodiac)
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