夜貓子
See also: 夜猫子
Chinese edit
night | cat | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (夜貓子) | 夜 | 貓 | 子 | |
simp. (夜猫子) | 夜 | 猫 | 子 | |
Literally: “night cat”. |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
夜貓子
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
- (chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夜貓子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 夜貓子 |
Taiwan | 夜貓子 | |
Harbin | 夜貓子 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 夜貓子 | |
Jinan | 夜貓子 | |
Wanrong | 夜貓子 | |
Wuhan | 夜貓子 | |
Chengdu | 夜貓子 | |
Liuzhou | 夜貓子 | |
Xuzhou | 夜貓子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夜鬼, 夜遊神 |
Hong Kong | 夜貓, 夜鬼 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 夜摸仔 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 暗光鳥 |
Quanzhou | 暗光鳥 | |
Zhangzhou | 暗光鳥 | |
Tainan | 暗光鳥 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥 | |
Wu | Danyang | 夜摸索 |
Xiang | Changsha | 夜貓子, 夜精 |
Loudi | 夜貓子 |