食貓麵

Chinese edit

	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	cat	flour; noodles
trad. (食貓麵/食貓麪)	食	貓	麵/麪
simp. (食猫面)	食	猫	面
alternative forms	食貓面／食猫面
Literally: “to eat cat noodles”.

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “is 貓麵／猫面 altered from 貌面?”

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ maau¹ min⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ maau¹ min⁶
  - Yale: sihk māau mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ maau¹ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ mao¹ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² maːu̯⁵⁵ miːn²²/

Verb edit

食⫽貓麵 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, idiomatic) to be scolded