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Note:
- ngiou1 niê5 - Chaozhou;
- ngiao1 nio5 - Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang.
貓娘
- (Teochew, dated in Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) tabby; female cat
Dialectal synonyms of
母貓 (“tabby; female cat”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
母貓
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
母貓
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
母貓, 女貓
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| Taiwan
|
母貓
|
| Harbin
|
母貓
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| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
女貓
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
女貓, 女貓子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
母貓, 女貓兒
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| Xi'an
|
咪貓
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| Xining
|
女貓
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| Xuzhou
|
母貓, 女貓
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
女貓
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| Ürümqi
|
女貓
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| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
母貓兒, 女貓兒
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| Wuhan
|
母貓子
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| Guiyang
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女貓
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| Pingle
|
貓婆
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| Liuzhou
|
母貓, 貓母
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| Luzhai
|
母貓
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
母貓
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| Yangzhou
|
母貓
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| Hefei
|
母貓
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
貓乸 has given birth, 貓女 young
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| Hong Kong
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
貓乸
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
貓乸, 貓牸 has not given birth
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| Macau
|
貓乸
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
貓乸
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
貓乸
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
貓乸
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
貓乸
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| Foshan
|
貓乸
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
貓乸
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
貓乸
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
貓乸
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
貓乸
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
貓乸
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
貓乸
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
貓乸
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
貓乸
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
貓乸
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
貓乸
|
| Taishan
|
貓乸
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
貓乸
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| Enping (Niujiang)
|
貓乸
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
貓乸
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| 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
|
| Hengyang
|
貓婆, 貓婆娘 has given birth
|
Likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 猫娘 (nekomusume).
貓娘
- (neologism, ACG) catgirl
- Synonym: 貓人 / 猫人 (māorén)
