吸貓

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	cat
trad. (吸貓)		吸	貓
simp. (吸猫)		吸	猫

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 猫(ねこ)吸(す)い (nekosui).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīmāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ maau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīmāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: simao
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-mao¹
    • Yale: syī-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimhau
    • Palladius: симао (simao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ maau¹
    • Yale: kāp māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

吸⫽貓 (verb-object)

1. (slang) to huff a cat