狗

dog / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

variant of 勾[gou1]

sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse

three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

Pekingese (dog breed)

(idiom) to pose / to put on airs / Taiwan pr. [ren2 mo2 gou3 yang4]

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

pug (breed of dog)

(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

bulldog

see 喪家之犬|丧家之犬[sang4 jia1 zhi1 quan3]

(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

Formosan mountain dog, a breed native to Taiwan

lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard