貓兒
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See also: 猫儿
Chinese
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maau1 ji4-1
- Gan (Wiktionary): mau4 eo
- Jin (Wiktionary): mau1 er1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: māor
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: maor
- Wade–Giles: mao1-ʼrh
- Yale: māur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaul
- Palladius: маор (maor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: māo'ér
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄦˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mao-ér
- Wade–Giles: mao1-êrh2
- Yale: māu-ér
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauerl
- Palladius: маоэр (maoer)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: maor1 / mao1 er2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɚ⁵⁵/, /mau⁵⁵ ɚ²¹/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мор (mor, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maau1 ji4-1
- Yale: māau yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau1 ji4-1
- Guangdong Romanization: mao1 yi4-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: mau4 eo
- Sinological IPA (key): /mau³⁵ ɵ²/
- (Nanchang)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mau1 er1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹ əɻ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
貓兒
- (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.]
- 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]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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.]
- 猫兒去老鼠出來伸腰 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1828, Robert Morrison, Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, part III, section I
- maau1 ji4-1 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.
猫儿去老鼠出来伸腰 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (dialectal Mandarin) female prostitute
- (Beijing Mandarin, card games) joker
Synonyms
- (cat):
- (female prostitute):
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Mongolian: муур (muur)
Pronunciation 2
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maau1 ji4
- Yale: māau yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau1 ji4
- Guangdong Romanization: mao1 yi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
貓兒
Synonyms
| 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 | |
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