玳瑁貓

Chinese

		hawksbill sea turtle; shell of the hawksbill sea turtle	cat
trad. (玳瑁貓)		玳瑁	貓
simp. (玳瑁猫)		玳瑁	猫
alternative forms		玳珼貓／玳𫞥猫 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàimàomāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ mui⁶ maau¹ / doi⁶ mou⁶ maau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-pōe-niau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàimàomāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàimàomao
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-mao⁴-mao¹
    • Yale: dài-màu-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daymawmhau
    • Palladius: даймаомао (dajmaomao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ mui⁶ maau¹ / doi⁶ mou⁶ maau¹
    • Yale: doih muih māau / doih mouh māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ mui⁶ maau¹ / doi⁶ mou⁶ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ mui⁶ mao¹ / doi⁶ mou⁶ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² muːi̯²² maːu̯⁵⁵/, /tɔːi̯²² mou̯²² maːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-pōe-niau
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-puē-niau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixpoexniaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ niãu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² pue⁴¹⁻²² niãu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ niãu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ pue³³⁻¹¹ niãu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ pue³³⁻²¹ niãu⁴⁴/

Noun

玳瑁貓

1. tortoiseshell cat

Related terms

• 三毛貓／三毛猫 (sānmáomāo)
• 三色貓／三色猫 (sānsèmāo)
• 三花貓／三花猫 (sānhuāmāo)
• 印花布貓／印花布猫