夜貓子
See also: 夜猫子
Chinese
editnight | 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- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye4 mao1 zi3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): je6 maau1 zi2
- Jin (Wiktionary): ie3 mau1 zeh
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia5 mau1 zr
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yèmaozi̊h
- Wade–Giles: yeh4-mao1-tzŭ5
- Yale: yè-māu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmhau.tzy
- Palladius: емаоцзы (jemaoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ye4 mao1 zi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iemaoz
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: je6 maau1 zi2
- Yale: yeh māau jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: je6 maau1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: yé6 mao1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ie3 mau1 zeh
- Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: ia5 mau1 zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/
- (Changsha)
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)
- (Xiang, figurative) someone who does bad things at night
Synonyms
editDialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夜貓子 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 夜貓子 |
Taiwan | 夜貓子 | |
Harbin | 夜貓子 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 夜貓子 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 夜貓子 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 夜貓子 |
Xuzhou | 夜貓子 | |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 夜貓子 |
Wuhan | 夜貓子 | |
Liuzhou | 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 | |
Jieyang | 暝吆, 暝喝 | |
Wu | Danyang | 夜摸索 |
Xiang | Changsha | 夜貓子, 夜精 |
Loudi | 夜貓子 |
- (someone who does bad things at night): (Xiang) 夜精
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