犬 (hyun2) — dog; canine | [Syn] 狗 in Cantonese
hyunˊ²犬Mandarin Pinyin: quan3
Meaning of 犬
noundog; canine | [Syn] 狗
noun(adjective) Canine
Example Sentences with 犬
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係hyunˊ²犬zek˗₃隻
It is a dog.
siuˊ²小samˉ¹心ok˗₃惡hyunˊ²犬
Beware of the fierce dog.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度mˎ₄唔zeonˊ²准joengˏ₅養hyunˊ²犬
Dogs are not allowed here.
louˏ₅老hyunˊ²犬lauˎ₄留mˎ₄唔zyuˍ₆住
An old dog cannot be kept.
zek˗₃隻hyunˊ²犬houˊ²好gwaaiˉ¹乖
The dog is very well-behaved.
Words Containing 犬
粵犬吠雪jyut6 hyun2 fai6 syut3
a man of little experience is easily astonished (literally: 'a Cantonese dog barks at snow')
黃犬wong4 hyun2
earthworm [cl:條] | [普]: 蚯蚓 | var. 黃䘆
搜查犬sau2 caa4 hyun2
search dog
引路犬jan5 lou6 hyun2
guide dog
犬隻訓練hyun2 zek3 fan3 lin6
canine training; dog training
犬部hyun2 bou6
Kangxi radical 94 (犬) in its component form 犭
犬子hyun2 zi2
my son
緝毒犬cap1 duk6 hyun2
narcotics dog; sniffer dog; drug detector dog
灰獵犬fui1 lip6 hyun2
greyhound
導盲犬dou6 maang4 hyun2
guide dog
虎父無犬子fu2 fu6 mou4 hyun2 zi2
like father like son (lit., "a papa tiger does not have a puppy for a son")
牛頭犬ngau4 tau4 hyun2
a bulldog
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