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sign of Chinese zodiac

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Chinese
Hanyu pinyin
gǒu
Wade giles
kou
Ipa
[ko ̀ ʊ]
Yale romanization
gáu
Jyutping
gau2
Hokkien poj
kó͘ / kió / káu
Fuzhou buc
gēu
Jian ou romanized
gě / ě
Baxter sagart 2014
* Cə.kˤroʔ

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Zodiac dog, showing the gǒu (狗) character for dog Chinese paper cutting The Dog (狗) is eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dog is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 戌. The character 狗 also refers to the actual animal while 戌, also refers to the zodiac animal.

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