猪猡 (zhū luó) — (dialectal, derogatory) pig, swine; (as an insult) you pig

Definition

Strongly derogatory dialectal insult for a pig, used to call a person greedy, filthy, or stupid. Originally from Wu/Suzhou dialect; very vulgar — never neutral, unlike the plain noun 猪.

noun
(dialectal, derogatory) pigswine(as an insult) you pig
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • “猪猡”，。
    Tā mà le yí jù "zhū luó", rán hòu zhuǎn shēn zǒu le.
    He cursed "pig" and then turned and walked away.
  • ，猪猡，。
    Zài sū zhōu huà lǐ, zhū luó jiù shì zhū de yì si, dàn hěn nán tīng.
    In the Suzhou dialect, 猪猡 means pig, but it's very offensive.
  • 猪猡。
    Nǐ bié xiàng gè zhū luó yí yàng zhī zhī dào chī.
    Don't just know how to eat like a pig.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě猪zhū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

Open 猪 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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