小貓兒

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	cat
trad. (小貓兒)		小	貓兒
simp. (小猫儿)		小	猫儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomāor

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠㄦ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² maau¹ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomaor
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-māur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumhaul
    • Palladius: сяомаор (sjaomaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² maau¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: síu māau yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² maau¹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² mao¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

Noun

小貓兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 小貓／小猫 (xiǎomāo, “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
	Singapore	小貓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓娃子, 貓娃兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓仔
	Hong Kong	貓仔
	Dongguan	貓仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓仔
Gan	Lichuan	貓崽兒
	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
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓囝囝, 眯囝
	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓囝
	Leizhou	貓囝
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小貓兒
	Wenzhou	貓兒