貓膩

See also: 猫腻

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (貓膩)		貓	膩
simp. (猫腻)		猫	腻
alternative forms		貓匿／猫匿

Etymology

Beijing dialect. Various forms of this word exist. It is considered to be borrowed from Persian معنی (ma'ni, “meaning”), borrowed through the language of Chinese Muslims.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māonì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ ㄋㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māonì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maonì
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹-ni⁴
    • Yale: māu-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaunih
    • Palladius: маони (maoni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (貓兒膩 / 猫儿腻)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māornì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maornì
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹-ʼrh-ni⁴
    • Yale: māur-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaulnih
    • Palladius: маорни (maorni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ ni⁵¹/

Noun

貓膩

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) underhanded activity; something fishy; trick

   這裡一定有貓兒膩。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里一定有猫儿腻。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ yīdìng yǒu māornì. [Pinyin]

   There must be something fishy going on here.

Verb

貓膩

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) to make mischief; to play a trick