小貓

See also: 小猫

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	cat
trad. (小貓)		小	貓
simp. (小猫)		小	猫

小貓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² maau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mao¹
    • Yale: syǎu-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumhau
    • Palladius: сяомао (sjaomao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小貓兒／小猫儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomaor
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-māur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumhaul
    • Palladius: сяомаор (sjaomaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² maau¹
    • Yale: síu māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

小貓

1. kitten

   你拍一，我拍一，一隻小貓坐飛機。 [MSC, trad.]
   你拍一，我拍一，一只小猫坐飞机。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ pāi yī, wǒ pāi yī, yī zhī xiǎomāo zuò fēijī. [Pinyin]

   Eeny, meeny, miny moe, catch a tiger by the toe. (Literally, "You clap, I clap, a kitten boards a plane.")

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小貓 (“kitten”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小貓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小貓兒
	Taiwan	小貓
	Singapore	小貓
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	貓娃兒
	Xining	尕貓娃兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓娃子, 貓娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	貓娃子, 貓娃娃
	Lanzhou	貓娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	咪咪
	Guiyang	貓崽, 小貓咪 childish
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓仔
	Hong Kong	貓仔
	Dongguan	貓仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓仔
Gan	Lichuan	貓崽兒
	Pingxiang	貓崽子
Hakka	Meixian	細貓公
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓幺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓囝囝, 眯囝
	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓囝
	Leizhou	貓囝
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小貓兒
	Wenzhou	貓兒

Derived terms

• 你拍一，我拍一，一隻小貓坐飛機／你拍一，我拍一，一只小猫坐飞机 (nǐ pāi yī, wǒ pāi yī, yī zhī xiǎomāo zuò fēijī)