Chinese symbol for “watchdog”
看门狗
kān mén gǒu
Traditional: 看門狗
watchdog
The closest CC-CEDICT match for watchdog is 看门狗 (kān mén gǒu), defined as: watchdog.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “watchdog”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 看门狗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at; to examine |
| 看见 (看見) | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 看来 (看來) | kàn lai | apparently; it seems that |
| 看法 | kàn fǎ | way of looking at a thing; view |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 狗狗 | gǒu gōu | (coll.) dog; doggie |
See also: Japanese symbol for “watchdog”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.