木狗

Chinese

		tree; wood	dog
simp. and trad. (木狗)		木	狗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùgǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùgǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùgǒu
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-kou³
  - Yale: mù-gǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhgoou
  - Palladius: мугоу (mugou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ gau²
  - Yale: muhk gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

木狗

(dated) stocks (device put on the feet for punishment)
- (Can we date this quote?), 新標點和合本 [Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation], translation of the Bible, 使徒行傳 [Acts], 16:24:
  
  禁卒領了這樣的命，就把他們下在內監裏，兩腳上了木狗。 [MSC, trad.]
  禁卒领了这样的命，就把他们下在内监里，两脚上了木狗。 [MSC, simp.]
  Jìnzú lǐngle zhèyàng de mìng, jiù bǎ tāmen xià zài nèijiān lǐ, liǎng jiǎo shàngle mùgǒu. [Pinyin]
  Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
- (Can we date this quote?), 大理院統字第1408號解釋:
  
  自製木狗私刑將妻釘鎖 [MSC, trad.]
  自制木狗私刑将妻钉锁 [MSC, simp.]
  zìzhì mùgǒu sīxíng jiāng qī dìngsuǒ [Pinyin]
  [He] constructed stocks to lock up his wife without legal authority
- 1988, 孫大信 [Sundar Singh], edited by 阿柏森, 十字架是天堂, 橄欖基金會, →ISBN, page 43:
  
  你雖用木狗鎖住我的雙腳，但我仍然是自由的。此刻，我覺得雙腳不是在木狗上，而是在不能動搖的磐石上。 [MSC, trad.]
  你虽用木狗锁住我的双脚，但我仍然是自由的。此刻，我觉得双脚不是在木狗上，而是在不能动摇的磐石上。 [MSC, simp.]
  Nǐ suī yòng mùgǒu suǒ zhù wǒ de shuāngjiǎo, dàn wǒ réngrán shì zìyóu de. Cǐkè, wǒ juéde shuāngjiǎo bùshì zài mùgǒu shàng, érshì zài bùnéng dòngyáo de pánshí shàng. [Pinyin]
  Even though you bind my feet with stocks, I am still free. At this moment, I feel that my feet are not in stocks, but are on the unshakeable Rock.
(obsolete) sloth (mammal) [19th–20th c.]
- 1854, “地質論”, in 慕維廉 [William Muirhead], editor, 地理全志, Shanghai: 墨海書館:
  
  南亞墨利加之上新層、古今之乳類皆同、大約如木狗穿山甲犰狳族。 [MSC, trad.]
  南亚墨利加之上新层、古今之乳类皆同、大约如木狗穿山甲犰狳族。 [MSC, simp.]
  Nán Yàmòlìjiā zhī shàngxīncéng, gǔjīn zhī rǔlèi jiē tóng, dàyuē rú mùgǒu chuānshānjiǎ qiúyú zú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(stocks): 木狗子
(sloth): 樹懶／树懒 (shùlǎn)