夜貓子
See also: 夜猫子
Chinese
| night | cat | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (夜貓子) | 夜 | 貓 | 子 | |
| simp. (夜猫子) | 夜 | 猫 | 子 | |
| Literally: “night cat”. | ||||
Pronunciation
Noun
夜貓子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 貓頭鷹 (“owl”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夜貓子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 夜貓子 |
| Taiwan | 夜貓子 | |
| Harbin | 夜貓子 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 夜貓子 | |
| Jinan | 夜貓子 | |
| Wanrong | 夜貓子 | |
| Wuhan | 夜貓子 | |
| Chengdu | 夜貓子 | |
| Liuzhou | 夜貓子 | |
| Xuzhou | 夜貓子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夜鬼, 夜遊神 |
| Hong Kong | 夜貓, 夜鬼 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 夜摸仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 暗光鳥 |
| Quanzhou | 暗光鳥 | |
| Zhangzhou | 暗光鳥 | |
| Tainan | 暗光鳥 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥 | |
| Wu | Danyang | 夜摸索 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜貓子, 夜精 |
| Loudi | 夜貓子 | |
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