夜遊神

Chinese

		night	to roam; travel	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (夜遊神)		夜	遊	神
simp. (夜游神)		夜	游	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèyóushén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ jau⁴ san⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ia⁵ iu⁴ siin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèyóushén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèyóushén
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-yu²-shên²
    • Yale: yè-yóu-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyoushern
    • Palladius: еюшэнь (jejušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ jau⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: yeh yàuh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ jau⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ yeo⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² jɐu̯²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ia⁵ iu⁴ siin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈia¹¹ iu³⁵ sɨn³⁵/

Noun

夜遊神

1. night owl

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]