三腳貓

Chinese

		three	role; foot; base	cat
trad. (三腳貓)		三	腳	貓
simp. (三脚猫)		三	脚	猫
alternative forms		三跤貓／三跤猫 Min
Literally: “three-legged cat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānjiǎomāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ goek³ maau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-kha-niau
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-ciaq-mau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānjiǎomāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanjiǎomao
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chiao³-mao¹
    • Yale: sān-jyǎu-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjeaumhau
    • Palladius: саньцзяомао (sanʹczjaomao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ goek³ maau¹
    • Yale: sāam geuk māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ goek⁸ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gêg³ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kœːk̚³ maːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kha-niau
    • Tâi-lô: sann-kha-niau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'qaniaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ kʰa³³ niãu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ niãu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ niãu⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹se-ciaq-mau
    • MiniDict: se^平 ciah mau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-jiaq-mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ mɔ²¹/

Noun

三腳貓

1. (figurative, informal) jack of all trades, master of none; one who only has superficial knowledge of a skill