"foo dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foo dogs [plural]
Etymology: Possibly a Western invention, from Mandarin 福 (fú, “good fortune”) + English dog. There is no similar word in Chinese itself that uses the word 福, but see English foo and Foo. Compare also Chinese 佛 (“Buddha”), pronounced fo or fu in some varieties. Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|福|t=good fortune|tr=fú}} Mandarin 福 (fú, “good fortune”), {{noncog|en|dog}} English dog, {{cog|en|foo}} English foo, {{cog|zh|佛||Buddha}} Chinese 佛 (“Buddha”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} foo dog (plural foo dogs)
  1. A stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc. Categories (topical): Architecture, Sculpture Categories (place): China Categories (lifeform): Toy dogs Synonyms (Chinese lion statue): foo lion, guardian lion, stone lion, komainu (english: Japanese contexts) Translations (Chinese statue): 石獅子 (Chinese Mandarin), 石狮子 (shíshīzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 石獅 (Chinese Mandarin), 石狮 (shíshī) (Chinese Mandarin), leijonakoira (Finnish), Wächterlöwe [masculine] (German), 狛犬 (komainu) (Japanese), 해태 (haetae) (alt: 獬豸) (Korean), 해태 (haetae) (alt: 獬廌) (Korean), シーサー (shīsā) (Okinawan), sư tử đá (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-foo_dog-en-noun-pZUE1LJb Disambiguation of Architecture: 48 52 Disambiguation of Sculpture: 91 9 Disambiguation of China: 51 49 Disambiguation of Toy dogs: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'Chinese lion statue': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'Chinese statue': 97 3
  2. A Pekingese dog. Categories (topical): Architecture Categories (place): China Categories (lifeform): Toy dogs Synonyms: fu dog
    Sense id: en-foo_dog-en-noun-pk5dBTgo Disambiguation of Architecture: 48 52 Disambiguation of China: 51 49 Disambiguation of Toy dogs: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Okinawan translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Okinawan translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 43 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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