貓

See also: 猫

貓 U+8C93, 貓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C93 ← 貒 [U+8C92] CJK Unified Ideographs 貔 → [U+8C94]

Translingual

Japanese	猫
Simplified	猫
Traditional	貓

Han character

貓 (radical 153, 豸+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿田 (BHTW), four-corner 4426₀, composition ⿰豸苗)

References

• KangXi: page 1202, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36595
• Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3914, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8C93

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Chinese

FWOTD – 8 August 2019

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貓	*mreːw, *mrew
描	*mreːw, *mrew
媌	*mreːw, *mreːwʔ
緢	*mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew
苗	*mrew
猫	*mrew
庿	*mrews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mreːw, *mrew): semantic 豸 + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).

Ma Xulun suggested that 豸 was the original character of 貓.

Etymology 1

trad.		貓
simp.		猫

一隻貓／一只猫

Onomatopoeic. Compare 喵 (miāo, “meow, the onomatopoeic cry of a cat”).

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs Old Chinese *mau, reasoning that 貓's place among division II syllables results from its onomatopoeic nature instead of an Old Chinese medial *-r-; onomatopoeia is also responsible for the 陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng) tone instead of the expected 陽平／阳平 (yángpíng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): māo (mao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ

  (Chengdu, SP): mao¹ / miao²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): мо (mo, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): maau¹, miu⁴, maau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): miu²

• Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴ / mieu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): meu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): miau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): mau¹
• Min Bei (KCR): mê / miâu
• Min Dong (BUC): mà / mièu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): niau / bâ / bâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiao¹ / ngiou¹ / bha⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): mau (T3); 'mau (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): mau¹ / miau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: māo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: mao1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (貓兒／猫儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: māor
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: maorh1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maor
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mao¹ / miao²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mao / miao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/, /miau²¹/

Note:

• mao1 - vernacular;
• miao2 - literary.

• (Dungan)
  • Cyrillic: мо (mo, I)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴/

  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Cantonese

• (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  • Jyutping: maau¹, miu⁴, maau⁴
  • Yale: māau, mìuh, màauh
  • Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹, miu⁴, maau⁴
  • Guangdong Romanization: mao¹, miu⁴, mao⁴
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːu̯⁵⁵/, /miːu̯²¹/, /mäːu̯²¹/

Note: miu4, maau4 - rare.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: miu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiu⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mau⁴ / mieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵/, /miɛu³⁵/

Note:

• mau4 - vernacular;
• mieu4 - literary.

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
  • Hakka Romanization System: meu
  • Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴
  • Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: miau⁴
  • Sinological IPA: /miau⁵³/

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: mau¹
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mê / miâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /me³³/, /miau³³/

Note:

• mê - vernacular;
• miâu - literary.

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: mà / mièu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵³/, /mieu⁵³/

Note:

• mà - vernacular;
• mièu - literary.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau
  • Tâi-lô: niau
  • Phofsit Daibuun: niaw
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /niãʊ³³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /niãʊ⁴⁴/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
  • Tâi-lô: bâ
  • Phofsit Daibuun: baa
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ba²⁴/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
  • Tâi-lô: bâu
  • Phofsit Daibuun: baau
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baʊ¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /baʊ²⁴/

Note:

• niau, bâ - vernacular;
• bâu - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngiao¹ / ngiou¹ / bha⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiau / ngiou / bâ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiau³³/, /ŋiou³³/, /ba⁵⁵/

Note:

• ngiao1 (Shantou) / ngiou1 (Chaozhou) - literary;
• bha5 - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: mau (T3); 'mau (T1)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²³/, /ʔmɔ⁵³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: mau¹ / miau¹
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒu³³/, /miɒu³³/

Note:

• mau1 - vernacular;
• miau1 - literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 貓
Mandarin	Beijing	/mɑu⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/mau⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/mɑu⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/mɔ⁴²/ /mɔ²¹³/ 瞧～兒
	Qingdao	/mɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mau⁴²/
	Xi'an	/mau²⁴/
	Xining	/mɔ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/mɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mɔ³¹/
	Ürümqi	/mɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/mau⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/mau⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/mao⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/mɔ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/mɔo²⁴/
	Hefei	/mɔ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/mau¹¹/
	Pingyao	/mɔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/mɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/mɔ²³/ /mɔ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/mæ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/mɔ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/m̠uɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/mɔ³¹/
	Tunxi	/mən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/miau³³/ /mau³³/
	Xiangtan	/maɯ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɑu⁴⁵/ /miɛu⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/miau⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/meu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mau⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/mau⁵⁵/ /mɛu⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/mau⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/bau³⁵/ /niau⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ma⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/me³³/ /miau³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋiãu³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/va³¹/ /niau³⁵/ /niau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇu/, /mˠau/

Rime
Character	貓	貓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	II
Fanqie	武瀌切	莫交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇu/	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛu/	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/miæu/	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mjɛu/	/mau/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo	máo

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤraw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	māo
Middle Chinese	‹ maew ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁraw/
English	cat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貓	貓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9101	9109
Phonetic component	苗	苗
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	茅	苗
Old Chinese	/*mreːw/	/*mrew/

Definitions

貓

1. cat (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

   • 迎貓，為其食田鼠也；迎虎，為其食田豕也，迎而祭之也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     迎猫，为其食田鼠也；迎虎，为其食田豕也，迎而祭之也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, circa 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yíng māo, wèi qí shí tiánshǔ yě; yíng hǔ, wèi qí shí tián shǐ yě, yíng ér jì zhī yě. [Pinyin]

     They met the cats, because they devoured the rats and mice of the fields, and the tigers, because they devoured the wild boars. They met them and made offerings to them.

     據英國《每日郵報》5月9日報導，不久前，意大利海關在從中國運過來的集裝箱裡發現一隻小橘貓。 [MSC, trad.]
     据英国《每日邮报》5月9日报导，不久前，意大利海关在从中国运过来的集装箱里发现一只小橘猫。 [MSC, simp.]

     From:

     2019, “中国小猫被困在集装箱 “漂流”40多天到意大利”, in sina‎^[1]:

     Jù Yīngguó “Měirì Yóubào” 5 yuè 9 rì bàodǎo, bùjiǔqián, Yìdàlì hǎiguān zài cóng zhōngguó yùnguòlái de jízhuāngxiānglǐ fāxiàn yī zhī xiǎo júmāo. [Pinyin]

     According to a report by the British Daily Mail on May 9, Italian customs recently found a small orange cat in a container shipped from China.

2. (Mandarin, colloquial) to hide oneself
3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to hang around; to stay somewhere doing nothing
4. (Cantonese) to get drunk
5. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) stingy; miserly
6. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) lecherous; lascivious

Synonyms

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
	Harbin	貓
	Shenyang	貓
	Bayanhot	貓娃子
	Jinan	貓
	Muping	貓子
	Luoyang	貓, 咪咪
	Wanrong	貓
	Xi'an	貓
	Xining	貓兒, 貓娃兒
	Xuzhou	貓
	Yinchuan	貓
	Lanzhou	貓兒
	Ürümqi	貓
	Wuhan	貓子, 財喜, 阿嗚 childish
	Huanggang	貓兒
	Chengdu	貓兒
	Guiyang	貓, 貓貓, 貓兒, 貓三, 貓咪
	Guilin	貓
	Liuzhou	貓, 貓公
	Kunming	貓
	Yangzhou	貓, 貓子
	Nanjing	貓
	Hefei	貓
	Malaysia	貓
	Singapore	貓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓, 貓兒
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
	Panyu	貓
	Huadu (Huashan)	貓
	Conghua	貓
	Zengcheng	貓
	Foshan	貓
	Nanhai (Shatou)	貓
	Shunde	貓
	Sanshui	貓
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	貓
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	貓
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	貓
	Doumen	貓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓
	Xinhui	貓
	Taishan	貓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓
	Dongguan	貓
	Bao'an (Shajing)	貓
	Dapeng	貓
	Shaoguan	貓
	Yunfu	貓
	Yangjiang	貓
	Xinyi	貓
	Lianjiang	貓, 貓公
	Nanning	貓
	Wuzhou	貓
	Yulin	貓
	Hepu	貓
	Danzhou	貓
	Kuala Lumpur	貓
	Singapore	貓
	Ho Chi Minh City	貓
Gan	Nanchang	貓兒, 貓
	Lichuan	貓兒
	Pingxiang	貓子
Hakka	Meixian	貓公
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	貓
	Huiyang	貓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	貓公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	貓公
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	貓公, 貓
	Conghua (Lütian)	貓
	Jiexi	貓
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	貓仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	貓仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	貓
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	貓仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓
	Senai	貓
	Singkawang	貓
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
	Dikou	貓唧
	Zhenqian	貓
	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
Min Nan	Xiamen	貓, 貓媌
	Quanzhou	貓
	Dongshan	貓
	Taipei	貓
	Kaohsiung	貓仔, 貓咪
	Tainan	貓仔
	Taichung	貓仔
	Hsinchu	貓仔
	Lukang	貓
	Sanxia	貓
	Yilan	貓
	Kinmen	貓
	Magong	貓, 貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	貓
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	貓
	Chaozhou	貓
	Haifeng	貓咪, 翻瓦
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓
	Wenchang	貓
	Haikou	貓
Puxian Min	Putian	貓狸
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	貓
	Guilin (Dahe)	貓兒
Wu	Shanghai	貓, 貓咪
	Suzhou	貓
	Wuxi	貓
	Hangzhou	貓
	Wenzhou	貓兒, 貓, 貓妞 childish
	Chongming	貓兒
	Danyang	貓, 貓子
	Jinhua	貓
	Ningbo	貓
Xiang	Changsha	貓, 貓吱 childish, 壽它子 euphemistic
	Shuangfeng	貓兒, 貓
	Loudi	貓兒
	Quanzhou	貓

Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝
Mandarin	Beijing	摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻
	Tianjin	摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒
	Langfang	摳
	Tangshan	摳惜
	Cangzhou	摳兒
	Baoding	摳, 窮摳
	Shijiazhuang	摳, 老摳兒
	Daming	老摳兒
	Harbin	摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕
	Shenyang	吝嗇, 小摳, 摳
	Hailar	小摳兒, 小氣
	Chifeng	吝嗇, 摳兒
	Jinan	摳, 摳門兒, 小氣
	Muping	摳, 摳搜
	Luoyang	摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇
	Wanrong	摳, 小氣
	Xi'an	吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳, 小氣
	Qingdao	奸, 拤古
	Zhengzhou	摳, 尖
	Xining	摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣
	Xuzhou	搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血
	Yinchuan	摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣
	Lanzhou	摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣
	Ürümqi	摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣
	Wuhan	吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣
	Chengdu	摳, 小氣, 苟, 嗇
	Chongqing	吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳
	Guiyang	摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣
	Guilin	摳
	Liuzhou	吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣
	Kunming	吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當
	Yangzhou	摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇
	Nanjing	摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼
	Hefei	摳, 小氣
	Nantong	小氣, 嗇掐
	Singapore	吝嗇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孤寒, 慳濕, 鐸叔, 眼緊
	Hong Kong	孤寒, 鐸叔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	孤寒
	Macau	孤寒
	Panyu	孤寒
	Huadu (Huashan)	孤寒
	Conghua	孤寒
	Zengcheng	孤寒
	Foshan	孤寒
	Nanhai (Shatou)	孤寒
	Shunde	孤寒
	Sanshui	孤寒
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	孤寒
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	孤寒
	Doumen	孤寒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	孤寒
	Xinhui	孤寒
	Taishan	孤寒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	孤寒
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳屎, 孤寒
	Heshan (Yayao)	孤寒
	Dongguan	孤寒, 縮骨
	Bao'an (Shajing)	孤寒
	Danzhou	細氣
Gan	Nanchang	嗇, 小氣
	Lichuan	慳吝, 小氣
	Pingxiang	肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣
Hakka	Meixian	齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒
	Xingning	歪
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	孤寒
	Huidong (Daling)	小氣, 孤寒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	孤寒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	孤寒
	Qujiang	孤寒
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	孤寒
	Changting	癄
	Pingyu	歪, 齧察
	Wuping	齧
	Ninghua	精
	Yudu	小氣, 小相
	Ruijin	小氣
	Shangyou	精, 小氣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧
	Dongshi (Dabu)	齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	齧察, 齧合澀
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	硞, 虯, 鹹合澀
Huizhou	Jixi	小毛, 小氣, 小鬼
	Shexian	小氣, 吃小米
Jin	Taiyuan	小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇
	Xinzhou	鬼祟, 小氣
	Jining	摳
	Hohhot	小氣
	Linhe	憋, 缺
	Zhangjiakou	摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇
	Handan	小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭
Min Bei	Jian'ou	嗇鄙
	Songxi	小氣
	Zhenghe	嗇鄙
	Jianyang	嗇鄙
	Wuyishan	嗇
	Shibei	嗇
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利
	Fuqing	小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利
Min Nan	Xiamen	枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞, 貓潲, 㾀屎, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂
	Quanzhou	枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞, 貓潲, 㾀屎, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂
	Zhangzhou	枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉
	Zhangpu	枝釐
	Yunxiao	夾絲
	Taipei	牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀
	Kaohsiung	牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞
	Tainan	虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
	Taichung	凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭
	Wuqi	凍霜
	Hsinchu	凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎, 鹹
	Taitung	凍霜
	Lukang	虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
	Sanxia	牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀
	Yilan	凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯
	Kinmen	凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀
	Magong	凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯
	Penang (Hokkien)	鹹澀, 鹹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲, 貓𡳞, 㾀屎
	Datian	澀鼻
	Chaozhou	鹹澀
	Shantou	鹹澀
	Singapore (Teochew)	鹹澀, 貓
	Leizhou	刺麻
	Wenchang	鹹澀, 細氣
	Haikou	鹹澀
Puxian Min	Putian	鹹澀
	Xianyou	鹹澀
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	孤寒
	Sanxiang	孤寒, 孽屎
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	小氣, 小相
Wu	Shanghai	小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣
	Suzhou	小氣, 掐
	Wuxi	小氣, 嗇
	Hangzhou	小氣
	Wenzhou	小氣, 吃不得
	Chongming	小氣
	Danyang	嗇掐, 小氣
	Jinhua	小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴
	Ningbo	小氣, 刮皮
Xiang	Changsha	小氣, 摳, 下
	Loudi	小相

Dialectal synonyms of 好色 (“lecherous; fond of women”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好色
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好色
Mandarin	Taiwan	好色
	Harbin	花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹹濕
	Hong Kong	鹹濕
	Taishan	鹹濕
	Dongguan	鹹濕
	Yangjiang	鹹濕
	Kuala Lumpur	鹹濕
	Singapore	鹹濕
Hakka	Meixian	花, 好色
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	痴哥
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	豬哥
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	痴哥
	Dongshi (Dabu)	痴哥
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	痴哥
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	豬哥
Min Nan	Xiamen	五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥
	Quanzhou	五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Zhangzhou	五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥, 貓神, 貓
	Taipei	痴哥
	Kaohsiung	不四鬼
	Tainan	𪁎哥
	Taichung	風流
	Wuqi	好色
	Hsinchu	豬哥形
	Taitung	豬哥
	Lukang	好色
	Yilan	豬哥, 痴哥
	Magong	𪁎哥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痴哥, 豬哥
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	五枝鬚
	Shantou	好色, 痴哥

Compounds

Derived terms from 貓

• 三腳貓／三脚猫 (sānjiǎomāo)
• 人貓／人猫
• 偷貓遞狗／偷猫递狗
• 加菲貓／加菲猫
• 叮叮貓／叮叮猫
• 咬人貓／咬人猫
• 夜貓子／夜猫子 (yèmāozi)
• 大熊貓／大熊猫 (dàxióngmāo)
• 大貓態／大猫态
• 女貓／女猫 (nǚmāo)
• 小熊貓／小熊猫 (xiǎoxióngmāo)
• 小貓熊／小猫熊
• 山貓／山猫 (shānmāo)
• 山貓兒／山猫儿
• 憋死貓／憋死猫
• 捉藏貓／捉藏猫
• 捉鼠拿貓／捉鼠拿猫
• 斑貓／斑猫 (bānmāo)
• 暹羅貓／暹罗猫 (xiānluómāo)
• 木貓／木猫
• 李貓／李猫
• 棗貓／枣猫
• 照貓畫虎／照猫画虎
• 熊貓／熊猫 (xióngmāo)
• 狸貓／狸猫 (límāo)
• 獅貓／狮猫
• 病貓／病猫
• 短毛貓／短毛猫 (duǎnmáomāo)
• 稱貓／称猫
• 窮鼠齧貓／穷鼠啮猫
• 老鼠見貓／老鼠见猫
• 花腳貓／花脚猫
• 花貓巧嘴／花猫巧嘴

• 薛定諤的貓／薛定谔的猫 (Xuēdìng'è de māo)
• 藏貓兒／藏猫儿 (cángmāor)
• 藏貓貓／藏猫猫
• 虥貓／虥猫
• 豹貓／豹猫 (bàomāo)
• 貍貓／狸猫
• 貓兒／猫儿 (māor)
• 貓兒洗臉／猫儿洗脸
• 貓兒眼／猫儿眼 (māoryǎn)
• 貓兒窩／猫儿窝
• 貓兒臉／猫儿脸
• 貓兒頭／猫儿头
• 貓兒食／猫儿食
• 貓咪／猫咪 (māomī)
• 貓哭老鼠——假慈悲／猫哭老鼠——假慈悲 (māo kū lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíbēi)
• 貓哭耗子——假慈悲／猫哭耗子——假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi, jiǎ cíbēi)
• 貓噬鸚鵡／猫噬鹦鹉
• 貓奴／猫奴 (māonú)
• 貓尾紅／猫尾红
• 貓嶼／猫屿
• 貓彈竹／猫弹竹
• 貓溺／猫溺
• 貓熊／猫熊 (māoxióng)
• 貓牛／猫牛
• 貓猴／猫猴
• 貓眼石／猫眼石
• 貓睛／猫睛
• 貓睛石／猫睛石
• 貓竹／猫竹
• 貓精／猫精
• 貓耳朵／猫耳朵
• 貓膩／猫腻 (māonì)

• 貓虎／猫虎
• 貓豬／猫猪
• 貓貍／猫狸
• 貓道／猫道
• 貓頭／猫头
• 貓頭竹／猫头竹
• 貓頭筍／猫头笋
• 貓頭鞋／猫头鞋
• 貓頭鳥／猫头鸟 (māotóuniǎo)
• 貓頭鷹／猫头鹰 (māotóuyīng)
• 貓鬼／猫鬼
• 貓鼠同乳／猫鼠同乳
• 貓鼠同眠／猫鼠同眠
• 貓鼠同處／猫鼠同处
• 貓鼻頭／猫鼻头 (Māobítóu)
• 跳貓子／跳猫子
• 躲貓貓／躲猫猫 (duǒmāomāo)
• 迎貓／迎猫
• 避貓鼠／避猫鼠
• 郎貓／郎猫 (lángmāo)
• 醉貓／醉猫 (zuìmāo)
• 醉貓兒／醉猫儿
• 野貓／野猫 (yěmāo)
• 鐵貓／铁猫
• 鐵貓兒／铁猫儿
• 阿狗阿貓／阿狗阿猫 (āgǒu'āmāo)
• 阿貓阿狗／阿猫阿狗 (āmāo'āgǒu)
• 靈貓／灵猫 (língmāo)
• 香貓／香猫
• 騸貓／骟猫
• 黃貓黑尾／黄猫黑尾
• 黑貓／黑猫 (hēimāo)

Etymology 2

trad.		貓
simp.		猫
alternative forms		毛

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo, māo (mao², mao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ, ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): maau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): miu²

• Jin (Wiktionary): mau¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): mao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: māo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: mao1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau¹
    • Yale: māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: miu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiu⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³³/

Definitions

貓

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) to bend

   貓腰 / 猫腰  ―  máoyāo  ―  to bend over; to stoop

Synonyms

• 彎／弯 (wān)

Etymology 3

trad.		貓
simp.		猫

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māo (mao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: māo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: mao1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

貓

1. (Mainland China, colloquial) modem

Compounds

• 光貓／光猫

References

• “貓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

貓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): びょう (byō)
• Kun: ねこ (neko, 貓)

Noun

貓(ねこ) • (neko)  (counter 匹)

1. Alternative form of 猫 (“cat”)

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Korean

Hanja

貓 (eumhun 고양이 묘 (goyang-i myo))

1. cat

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Vietnamese

Han character

貓: Hán Việt readings: miêu (眉(mi)鑣(tiêu)切(thiết))
貓: Nôm readings: mèo, miêu

1. Hán tự form of miêu (“cat”).