夜貓
Chinese
| night | cat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (夜貓) | 夜 | 貓 | |
| simp. (夜猫) | 夜 | 猫 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: je6 maau1
- Yale: yeh māau
- Cantonese Pinyin: je6 maau1
- Guangdong Romanization: yé6 mao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
夜貓
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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, 夜婆 | |
| 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 | |