貓兒

貓兒

1. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, chiefly used in children's songs in Cantonese) cat
   • 1791, chapter 88, in Dream of the Red Chamber, Unicode-range transcription of National Library of China Cheng Jia edition:

     我纔剛到後邉去呌打雜兒的添煤，只聼得三間空屋子裡嘩喇嘩喇的响，我還道是猫兒耗子；又聽得噯的一聲，像個人出氣兒的是的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我才刚到后边去叫打杂儿的添煤，只听得三间空屋子里哗喇哗喇的响，我还道是猫儿耗子；又听得嗳的一声，像个人出气儿的是的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Wǒ cái gāng dào hòubian qù jiào dǎzár de tiān méi, zhǐ tīng dé sān jiān kōng wūzi lǐ huālā huālā de xiǎng, wǒ hái dào shì māor hàozi; yòu tīng dé ài de yī shēng, xiàng ge rén chūqìr de shìde. [Pinyin]

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   • 猫兒去老鼠出來伸腰 [Cantonese, trad.]
     猫儿去老鼠出来伸腰 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1828, Robert Morrison, Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, part III, section I

     maau¹ ji^4-1 heoi³ lou⁵ syu² ceot¹ loi⁴ san¹ jiu¹ [Jyutping]

     When the cat is gone, the old rat comes out to stretch its loins;—said of young people under strict guardians.

   • 貓兒擔凳姑婆坐 [Cantonese, trad.]
     猫儿担凳姑婆坐 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 《排排坐》 (a Cantonese children's song)

     maau¹ ji^4-1 daam¹ dang³ gu¹ po⁴ co⁵ [Jyutping]

     The kitty-cat got a chair for great-aunt

   • 1983, “黃金戰士”, 鄭國江 [Cheng Kwok Kong] (lyrics), performed by 胡渭康 [William Hu]:

     烏蠅都嚇死　貓兒都嚇死　周身機關了不起 [Cantonese, trad.]
     乌蝇都吓死　猫儿都吓死　周身机关了不起 [Cantonese, simp.]

     wu¹ jing^4-1 dou¹ haak³ sei², maau¹ ji^4-1 dou¹ haak³ sei², zau¹ san¹ gei¹ gwaan¹ liu⁵ bat¹ hei² [Jyutping]

     Flies are scared to death, kitty-cats are too, unbeatable with gadgets all over you

2. (dialectal Mandarin) female prostitute
3. (Beijing Mandarin, card games) joker

• (cat):

• (female prostitute):

• → Mongolian: муур (muur)

貓兒

1. kitten