貓婆

Chinese

		cat	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (貓婆)		貓	婆
simp. (猫婆)		猫	婆

Pronunciation

• Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴ po²
• Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): mau¹ bo²

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• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mau⁴ po²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵ pʰo²⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: mau¹ bo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁴⁴⁵ b̥o¹¹/

Noun

貓婆

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Hengyang Xiang) tabby; female cat

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		母貓
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母貓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母貓, 女貓
	Taiwan	母貓
	Harbin	母貓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	女貓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	女貓, 女貓子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	母貓, 女貓兒
	Xi'an	咪貓
	Xining	女貓
	Xuzhou	母貓, 女貓
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	女貓
	Ürümqi	女貓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	母貓兒, 女貓兒
	Wuhan	母貓子
	Guiyang	女貓
	Pingle	貓婆
	Liuzhou	母貓, 貓母
	Luzhai	母貓
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	母貓
	Yangzhou	母貓
	Hefei	母貓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓乸 has given birth, 貓女 young
	Hong Kong	貓乸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	貓乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	貓乸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓乸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓乸, 貓牸 has not given birth
	Macau	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓乸
	Foshan	貓乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓乸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	貓乸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	貓乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓乸
	Taishan	貓乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓乸
	Dongguan	貓乸 has given birth
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓乸
	Yangjiang	貓乸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓乸
Gan	Nanchang	貓婆
	Lichuan	貓𡡉兒
	Pingxiang	貓婆子
Hakka	Meixian	貓嫲, 貓牸仔
	Xingning	貓嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	貓牸, 貓嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	貓嫲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓嫲
	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
Huizhou	Jixi	貓娘 has given birth
Jin	Taiyuan	母貓, 孥貓, 女貓
	Xinzhou	女貓兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	貓唧嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓母
Southern Min	Xiamen	貓母, 貓娘 dated
	Quanzhou	貓母, 貓娘 dated
	Jinjiang	貓母
	Zhangzhou	貓母
	Tainan	貓母
	Chaozhou	貓母, 貓娘
	Shantou	貓娘
	Shantou (Chenghai)	貓娘
	Jieyang	貓娘, 貓母
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓母, 貓囊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓母
	Leizhou	貓母, 貓僆 has not given birth
	Haikou	貓母
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	貓母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母貓
Wu	Shanghai	雌貓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雌貓猊
	Suzhou	雌貓
	Danyang	母貓
	Wenzhou	草貓, 貓娘 has given birth
	Jinhua	貓娘, 雌貓
Xiang	Changsha	貓婆子
	Loudi	貓婆子
	Shuangfeng	貓婆子

Dialectal synonyms of 母貓 (“tabby; female cat”) [map]