貓子
Chinese
| cat | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (貓子) | 貓 | 子 | |
| simp. (猫子) | 猫 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): mor2 zi3
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu-chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: meu ziiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: meu4 zi3
- Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiauˇ ziiˊ
- Sinological IPA: /ŋiau¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: mor2 zi3 [Phonetic: mor5 li3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤-cî
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɒ¹³⁻¹¹ (t͡s-)li⁴⁵³/
- (Putian)
Noun
貓子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 貓 (“cat”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 小貓 (“kitten”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |