果子貓

See also: 果子猫

Chinese

		fruit; apple	cat
trad. (果子貓/果子猫)		果子	貓/猫
simp. (果子猫)		果子	猫

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ké-chí-bâ / kóe-chí-bâ / kér-chí-bâ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké-chí-bâ
    • Tâi-lô: ké-tsí-bâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefcy'baa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ba²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-chí-bâ
    • Tâi-lô: kué-tsí-bâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koefcy'baa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ba²³/
    • IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /kue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ba²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ba¹³/
    • IPA (Penang): /kue⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ba²³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kér-chí-bâ
    • Tâi-lô: kér-tsí-bâ
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kə⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵³⁻²⁴ ba²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /kə⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡si⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ba²⁴/

Noun

果子貓

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) masked palm civet
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Malaysian Hokkien) fruit bat
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, humorous) someone who likes eating fruit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 果子狸 (“palm civet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		果子狸, 花面狸, 青猺
Taxonomic name		果子狸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	果子狸, 白鼻心
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	果子狸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	果子狸
	Hong Kong	果子狸
	Dongguan	果子狸
Hakka	Yudu	果子狸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	果仔狸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	果仔狸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	果仔狸, 果狸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	果子狸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	果仔狸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	果子狸
Southern Min	Taipei	果子貓, 烏跤香, 貓仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白鼻貓, 果子貓, 烏跤香
	Kaohsiung	果子貓, 貓仔
	Yilan	果子貓, 烏跤香, 貓仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	果子貓, 貓仔
	Taichung	果子貓, 貓仔
	Tainan	果子貓, 貓仔
	Hsinchu	果子貓仔
	Kinmen	果子貓
	Penghu (Magong)	果子貓
	Penang (Hokkien)	毛鬆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	果子貓, 狸貓, 蒙送, 毛鬆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	果子狸
Wu	Wenzhou	果子狸, 楊樹狸