夜貓

Chinese

		night	cat
trad. (夜貓)		夜	貓
simp. (夜猫)		夜	猫

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ maau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ maau¹
    • Yale: yeh māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

夜貓

1. (Cantonese) night owl

Synonyms

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

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
	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