貓兒

See also: 猫儿

Chinese

	cat	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (貓兒)	貓	兒
simp. (猫儿)	猫	儿
anagram	兒貓／儿猫

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): māor
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠㄦ
(Chengdu, SP): maor¹ / mao¹ er²
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мор (mor, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ ji^4-1
Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴ eo
Jin (Wiktionary): mau¹ er¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: māor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: maor
  - Wade–Giles: maorh¹
  - Yale: māur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaul
  - Palladius: маор (maor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: maor¹ / mao¹ er²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɚ⁵⁵/, /mau⁵⁵ ɚ²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мор (mor, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau¹ ji^4-1
  - Yale: māau yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ ji^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ yi^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mau⁴ eo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵ ɵ²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mau¹ er¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹ əɻ¹¹/

Noun

貓兒

(Mandarin, Gan, Jin, chiefly used in children's songs in Cantonese) cat
- 我才剛到後邊去叫打雜兒的添煤，只聽得三間空屋子裡嘩喇嘩喇的響，我還道是貓兒耗子，又聽得噯的一聲，象個人出氣兒的似的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  我才刚到后边去叫打杂儿的添煤，只听得三间空屋子里哗喇哗喇的响，我还道是猫儿耗子，又听得嗳的一声，象个人出气儿的似的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Wǒ cái gāng dào hòubian qù jiào dǎzárde tiān méi, zhǐ tīng de sān jiān kòng wūzi lǐ huālā huālā de xiǎng, wǒ hái dào shì māor hàozi, yòu tīng de ǎi de yīshēng, xiàng ge rén chūqìr de shìde. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
- 猫兒去老鼠出來伸腰 [Cantonese, trad.]
  猫儿去老鼠出来伸腰 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1828, Robert Morrison, Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, part III, section I
  maau¹ ji^4-1 heoi³ lou⁵ syu² ceot¹ loi⁴ san¹ jiu¹ [Jyutping]
  When the cat is gone, the old rat comes out to stretch its loins;—said of young people under strict guardians.
- 貓兒擔凳姑婆坐 [Cantonese, trad.]
  猫儿担凳姑婆坐 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 《排排坐》 (a Cantonese children's song)
  maau¹ ji^4-1 daam¹ dang³ gu¹ po⁴ co⁵ [Jyutping]
  The kitty-cat got a chair for great-aunt
- 烏蠅都嚇死　貓兒都嚇死　周身機關了不起 [Cantonese, trad.]
  乌蝇都吓死　猫儿都吓死　周身机关了不起 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1983, 胡渭康 William Hu (lyricist 鄭國江 Cheng Kwok Kong), 《黃金戰士》
  wu¹ jing^4-1 dou¹ haak³ sei², maau¹ ji^4-1 dou¹ haak³ sei², zau¹ san¹ gei¹ gwaan¹ liu⁵ bat¹ hei² [Jyutping]
  Flies are scared to death, kitty-cats are too, unbeatable with gadgets all over you
(dialectal Mandarin) female prostitute
(Beijing, card games) joker

Synonyms

(cat):

Dialectal synonyms of 貓 (“cat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貓, 女奴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓
Taxonomic name		貓
Mandarin	Beijing	貓, 貓兒
	Taiwan	貓, 貓咪, 咪咪
	Bayanhot	貓娃子
	Harbin	貓
	Shenyang	貓
	Yantai (Muping)	貓子
	Jinan	貓
	Luoyang	貓, 咪咪
	Wanrong	貓
	Xi'an	貓
	Dingbian	貓
	Yinchuan	貓
	Lanzhou	貓兒
	Xining	貓兒, 貓娃兒
	Ürümqi	貓
	Wuhan	貓子, 財喜, 阿嗚 childish
	Huanggang	貓兒
	Chengdu	貓兒
	Muli	貓兒
	Chongqing	貓兒
	Guiyang	貓, 貓貓, 貓兒, 貓三, 貓咪
	Kunming	貓
	Guilin	貓
	Pingle	貓
	Liuzhou	貓, 貓公
	Luzhai	貓
	Nanning (Wuming)	貓, 貓公
	Xuzhou	貓
	Yangzhou	貓, 貓子
	Nanjing	貓
	Hefei	貓
	Malaysia	貓
	Singapore	貓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓, 貓兒
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	貓
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	貓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	貓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	貓
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓
	Macau	貓
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	貓
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓
	Foshan	貓
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	貓
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	貓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓
	Taishan	貓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓
	Dongguan	貓
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	貓
	Shaoguan	貓
	Yunfu	貓
	Yangjiang	貓
	Xinyi	貓
	Lianjiang	貓, 貓公
	Nanning	貓
	Wuzhou	貓
	Yulin	貓
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	貓
	Beihai	貓
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	貓
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	貓
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	貓
	Danzhou	貓
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	貓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓
	Móng Cái	貓
Gan	Nanchang	貓兒, 貓
	Lichuan	貓兒
	Pingxiang	貓子
Hakka	Meixian	貓公
	Xingning	貓公
	Dabu (Xihe)	貓公
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	貓
	Huiyang	貓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	貓公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	貓
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	貓, 貓公
	Wuhua (Changbu)	貓
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	貓
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	貓公, 貓
	Conghua (Lütian)	貓
	Jiexi	貓
	Luhe	貓仔
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓
	Bobai (Shahe)	貓
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	貓公
	Senai (Huiyang)	貓
	Kuching (Hepo)	貓
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	貓
	Singkawang	貓
	Singapore (Meixian)	貓
	Singapore (Dabu)	貓公
Huizhou	Jixi	貓
	Shexian	貓
	Tunxi	貓兒
	Xiuning	貓兒, 貓
	Yixian	貓兒
	Qimen	貓兒
	Wuyuan	貓
Jin	Taiyuan	貓兒
	Pingyao	貓兒
	Xinzhou	貓兒
	Hohhot	貓
Min Bei	Jian'ou	貓唧
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	貓唧
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	貓
	Pucheng (Shibei)	貓
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貓囝, 貓, 咪咪 childish
	Changle	貓囝
	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓
	Yongtai	貓狸
	Gutian	貓狸
	Fu'an	貓狸
	Ningde	貓狸
	Shouning	貓咪
	Zhouning	貓狸
	Fuding	貓咪
	Matsu	貓囝, 貓
	Manjung (Gutian)	貓狸
Min Nan	Xiamen	貓, 貓媌
	Quanzhou	貓
	Zhangzhou	貓
	Zhao'an	貓
	Dongshan	貓
	Taipei	貓
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	貓
	Kaohsiung	貓仔, 貓咪
	Yilan	貓
	Changhua (Lukang)	貓
	Taichung	貓仔, 貓
	Taichung (Wuqi)	貓
	Tainan	貓仔
	Taitung	貓
	Hsinchu	貓仔, 貓
	Kinmen	貓
	Penghu (Magong)	貓, 貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓
	Manila (Hokkien)	貓
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	貓
	Chaozhou	貓
	Haifeng	貓咪, 翻瓦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓
	Wenchang	貓
	Haikou	貓
Puxian Min	Putian	貓狸
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	貓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	貓
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	貓兒
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	貓子
Wu	Shanghai	貓, 貓咪
	Shanghai (Chongming)	貓兒
	Suzhou	貓
	Wuxi	貓
	Danyang	貓, 貓子
	Hangzhou	貓
	Ningbo	貓
	Wenzhou	貓兒, 貓, 貓妞 childish
	Jinhua	貓
Xiang	Changsha	貓, 貓吱 childish, 壽它子 euphemistic
	Xiangxiang	貓
	Loudi	貓兒
	Shuangfeng	貓兒, 貓
	Jiangyong	貓關
	Quanzhou	貓

(female prostitute):

Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Mandarin	Beijing	妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
	Taiwan	妓女, 婊子
	Harbin	婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
	Yantai (Muping)	婊子, 賣窯子的
	Jinan	窯姐
	Xi'an	窯子
	Yinchuan	婊子, 娼婦
	Lanzhou	婊子, 窯子
	Xining	馬班子
	Ürümqi	婊子
	Wuhan	婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
	Chengdu	梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
	Guiyang	婊子, 娼妓
	Kunming	爛使, 皮旦
	Liuzhou	老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
	Yangzhou	婊子, 姑娘
	Nanjing	婊子
	Malaysia	雞
	Singapore	妓女, 雞
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賣屄人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賣屄人
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	妓女, 賣屄婆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賣屄人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉, 野雞, 雞
	Hong Kong	妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老舉
	Macau	老舉, 雞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老舉
	Foshan	老舉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老舉
	Foshan (Shunde)	老舉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老舉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老舉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老舉, 雞
	Taishan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老舉, 雞
	Enping (Niujiang)	老舉, 雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	老舉
	Dongguan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉
	Xinyi	老舉
	Nanning	老妓
	Beihai	老舉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老舉, 雞婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老舉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雞婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老舉
	Móng Cái	老舉
	Yangon (Taishan)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Mandalay (Taishan)	女妓
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 婊子
	Lichuan	婊子
	Pingxiang	婊子
Hakka	Meixian	婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老舉
	Huiyang	老舉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老舉嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老舉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞婆, 老舉嫲
	Conghua (Lütian)	老舉
	Yudu	婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	賺食嫲, 菜店嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賺食嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賺食嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賺食嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
	Hong Kong	老舉嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	老舉, 雞
Huizhou	Jixi	婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin	Taiyuan	婊子, 窯子裡的
Jin	Xinzhou	婊子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	妓嫲
	Jianyang	妓嫲
	Wuyishan	婊子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	白面, 白面哥
	Changle	白面哥
	Fuqing	婊
	Yongtai	白面
	Gutian	做婊子
	Fu'an	白面
	Ningde	白面
	Shouning	婊囝
	Zhouning	婊囝
	Fuding	花娘
	Matsu	白面
Min Nan	Xiamen	婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
	Quanzhou	婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
	Zhangzhou	婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
	Taipei	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	趁食查某
	Kaohsiung	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Yilan	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Changhua (Lukang)	趁食查某
	Taichung	趁食查某
	Taichung (Wuqi)	趁食查某
	Tainan	豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女
	Taitung	趁食查某
	Hsinchu	趁食查某
	Kinmen	趁食查某, 相楗的
	Penghu (Magong)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹查某, 雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老妓
	Shantou	花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
	Jieyang	雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某
	Bangkok (Teochew)	妓女, 雞
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	老衍
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	妓女
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妓女
	Leizhou	娘
	Haikou	娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min	Putian	貨𨈘
Puxian Min	Xianyou	貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu	Shanghai	婊子, 妓女
	Shanghai (Chongming)	婊子
	Suzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Danyang	婊子
	Hangzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Ningbo	花佬, 婊子
	Wenzhou	大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
	Jinhua	賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang	Changsha	妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
	Loudi	婊子, 娼婦
	Quanzhou	妓女

Derived terms

公貓兒／公猫儿
大貓兒／大猫儿
女貓兒／女猫儿
小貓兒／小猫儿 (xiǎomāor)
母貓兒／母猫儿 (mǔmāor)
熊貓兒／熊猫儿 (xióngmāor)
男貓兒／男猫儿

藏貓兒／藏猫儿 (cáng māor)
虰虰貓兒／虰虰猫儿
貓兒眼／猫儿眼 (māoryǎn)
貓兒頭鷹／猫儿头鹰 (māor tóuyīng)
逮貓兒／逮猫儿
黃水貓兒／黄水猫儿

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): māo'ér
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠㄦˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: māo'ér
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mao-ér
  - Wade–Giles: mao¹-êrh²
  - Yale: māu-ér
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauerl
  - Palladius: маоэр (maoer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau¹ ji⁴
  - Yale: māau yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

Noun

貓兒

kitten

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小貓 (“kitten”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小貓
Mandarin	Beijing	小貓兒
	Taiwan	小貓
	Xi'an	貓娃兒
	Yinchuan	貓娃子, 貓娃娃
	Lanzhou	貓娃子
	Xining	尕貓娃兒
	Wuhan	咪咪
	Guiyang	貓崽, 小貓咪 childish
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓娃子, 貓娃兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓仔
	Hong Kong	貓仔
	Dongguan	貓仔
Gan	Lichuan	貓崽兒
Gan	Pingxiang	貓崽子
Hakka	Meixian	細貓公
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓幺
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貓囝囝, 眯囝
Min Dong	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓囝囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Leizhou	貓囝
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小貓兒
Wu	Wenzhou	貓兒

Derived terms

貓兒山／猫儿山 (Māo'ér Shān)