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猡

玀
luó
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 pig (dialect)

Examples

HSK 6
吴方言里把猪叫做猪猡。
Wú fāngyán lǐ bǎ zhū jiàozuò zhūluó.
In the Wu dialect a pig is called a zhū luó.
HSK 6
奶奶在家里养了两头肥猪猡。
Nǎinai zài jiālǐ yǎng le liǎng tóu féi zhūluó.
Grandma raised two fat pigs at home.

Tips

usage
猡 almost never stands alone. It appears in the southern dialect word 猪猡, a colloquial word for 'pig' common in Wu-speaking areas like Shanghai. It can also be a coarse insult for a person, so use it carefully.

Components

radical
犭 quǎn
dog; animal (radical form of 犬)
The side-form animal radical 犭, a slimmed 犬 dog, marks 猡 as a beast word, the same radical found in 猫 cat and 狗 dog.
phonetic
罗 luó
net; to collect
Right is 罗, giving the sound luó directly, with no meaning carried over into this dialect word for pig.

Stroke Order

猡 luó