Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- ngiou1 niê5 - Chaozhou;
- ngiao1 nio5 - Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang.
Noun
貓娘
- (Teochew, dated in Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) tabby; female cat
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
母貓 (“tabby; female cat”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
母貓
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
母貓
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
母貓, 女貓
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| Taiwan
|
母貓
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| Harbin
|
母貓
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
|
女貓
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
|
女貓, 女貓子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
|
母貓, 女貓兒
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| Xi'an
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咪貓
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| Xining
|
女貓
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| Xuzhou
|
母貓, 女貓
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| Pizhou
|
女貓
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| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
|
女貓
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| Donghai
|
米貓
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
女貓
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| Ürümqi
|
女貓
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
|
母貓兒, 女貓兒
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| Wuhan
|
母貓子
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| Guiyang
|
女貓
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| Pingle
|
貓婆
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| Liuzhou
|
母貓, 貓母
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| Luzhai
|
母貓
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
母貓
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| Yangzhou
|
母貓
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| Baoying
|
母貓
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| Taizhou
|
米貓
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| Zhenjiang
|
母貓
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| Lianyungang
|
米貓
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| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
米貓
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| Xuyi
|
米貓
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| Nantong
|
雌貓, 米貓
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| Rugao
|
米貓
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| Yancheng
|
母貓
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| Funing
|
母貓
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| Sihong
|
米貓
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| Hefei
|
母貓
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
貓乸 has given birth, 貓女 young
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| Hong Kong
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
貓乸, 貓牸 has not given birth
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| Macau
|
貓乸
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
貓乸
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
貓乸
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
貓乸
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
貓乸
|
| Foshan
|
貓乸
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
貓乸
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
貓乸
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
貓乸
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
貓乸
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
貓乸
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
貓乸
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
貓乸
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
貓乸
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
貓乸
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
貓乸
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| Taishan
|
貓乸
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
貓乸
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
貓乸
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
貓乸
|
| Dongguan
|
貓乸 has given birth
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
貓乸
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| Yangjiang
|
貓乸
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
貓乸
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
貓婆
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| Lichuan
|
貓𡡉兒
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| Pingxiang
|
貓婆子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
貓嫲, 貓牸仔
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| Xingning
|
貓嫲
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
貓牸, 貓嫲
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
貓嫲
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
貓嫲
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
貓嫲
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
貓嫲
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
貓嫲
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
貓嫲
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
貓嫲
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
貓嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
貓嫲
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
貓嫲
|
| Hong Kong
|
貓嫲, 貓牸 has not given birth
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
貓嫲
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| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
貓娘 has given birth
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
|
母貓, 孥貓, 女貓
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| Xinzhou
|
女貓兒
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
|
貓唧嫲
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| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
貓母
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| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
貓母, 貓娘 dated
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| Quanzhou
|
貓母, 貓娘 dated
|
| Jinjiang
|
貓母
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| Zhangzhou
|
貓母
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| Tainan
|
貓母
|
| Chaozhou
|
貓母, 貓娘
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| Shantou
|
貓娘
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
貓娘
|
| Jieyang
|
貓娘, 貓母
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
貓母, 貓囊
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
貓母
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| Leizhou
|
貓母, 貓僆 has not given birth
|
| Haikou
|
貓母
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
貓母
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| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
母貓
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
雌貓
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
雌貓猊
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| Suzhou
|
雌貓
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| Wuxi
|
雌貓
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| Changshu
|
雌貓
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
子貓
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| Changzhou
|
雌貓
|
| Danyang
|
母貓
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| Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
母貓
|
| Wenzhou
|
草貓, 貓娘 has given birth
|
| Jinhua
|
貓娘, 雌貓
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| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
貓婆子
|
| Loudi
|
貓婆子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
貓婆子
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| Hengyang
|
貓婆, 貓婆娘 has given birth
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Etymology 2
Likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 猫娘 (nekomusume).
Pronunciation
Noun
貓娘
- (neologism, ACG) catgirl
- Synonym: 貓人 / 猫人 (māorén)