柯基犬

kējīquǎn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 corgi
  2. 2 Welsh corgi

Examples

HSK 4
Yīngguó nǚwáng hěn xǐhuan kējīquǎn.
The Queen of England loved corgis.
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Tā de kējīquǎn yǒu yí duì yòu dà yòu jiān de ěrduo.
Her corgi has a pair of big, pointy ears.

Tips

memory
柯基 is a phonetic loan from English "corgi" (Welsh for "dwarf dog"). The suffix just means "dog breed".
culture
Queen Elizabeth II's pembroke corgis made the breed iconic; Chinese social media often uses 柯基 (especially 柯基臀 "corgi butt") as a cute meme.

Stroke Order

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