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Pronunciation 1[edit]
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-18th 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 usage 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 ji4-1 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 ji4-1 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 jing4-1 dou1 haak3 sei2, maau1 ji4-1 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 Mandarin, card games) joker
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
貓 (“cat”)
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| Variety
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Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
貓, 女奴
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
貓
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| Taxonomic name
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貓
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| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
貓, 貓兒
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| Taiwan
|
貓, 貓咪, 咪咪
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| Bayanhot
|
貓娃子
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| Harbin
|
貓
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| Shenyang
|
貓
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
貓子
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| Jinan
|
貓
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| Luoyang
|
貓, 咪咪
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| Wanrong
|
貓
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| Xi'an
|
貓
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| Dingbian
|
貓
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| Yinchuan
|
貓
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| Lanzhou
|
貓兒
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| Xining
|
貓兒, 貓娃兒
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| Ürümqi
|
貓
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| Wuhan
|
貓子, 財喜, 阿嗚 childish
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| Huanggang
|
貓兒
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| Chengdu
|
貓兒
|
| Muli
|
貓兒
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| Chongqing
|
貓兒
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| Guiyang
|
貓, 貓貓, 貓兒, 貓三, 貓咪
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| Kunming
|
貓
|
| Guilin
|
貓
|
| Pingle
|
貓
|
| Liuzhou
|
貓, 貓公
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| Luzhai
|
貓
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| Nanning (Wuming)
|
貓, 貓公
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| Xuzhou
|
貓
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| Yangzhou
|
貓, 貓子
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| Nanjing
|
貓
|
| Hefei
|
貓
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| Malaysia
|
貓
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| Singapore
|
貓
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
貓, 貓兒
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| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
貓
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| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
貓
|
| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
貓
|
| Hong Kong
|
貓
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
貓
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
貓
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
貓
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
貓
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| Macau
|
貓
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
貓
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
貓
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
貓
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| 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
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
貓
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
貓
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| Taishan
|
貓
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
貓
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| 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
|
| Pengze
|
貓
|
| Lichuan
|
貓兒
|
| Pingxiang
|
貓子
|
| Liuyang
|
貓哩
|
| 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
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
貓唧
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
貓唧
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
貓
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
貓
|
| Eastern Min
|
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
|
| Sitiawan (Gutian)
|
貓狸
|
| Southern Min
|
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
|
| Medan (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
|
| Central Min
|
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
|
Dialectal synonyms of
妓女 (“female prostitute”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| 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
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| 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
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| Yangzhou
|
婊子, 姑娘 dated
|
| 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, G neologism
|
| 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
|
| Rongxian
|
雞
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
老舉婆
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
老契
|
| Guiping
|
老舉
|
| Guiping (Mule)
|
雞
|
| Pingnan
|
雞
|
| Guigang (Gangcheng)
|
老舉, 雞
|
| Guigang (Pingdong)
|
老舉
|
| Beihai
|
老舉
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
老舉
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
老舉婆
|
| 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
|
| Bangkok (Guangfu)
|
老舉, 雞
|
| Betong (Rongxian)
|
雞
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
|
| 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
|
| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
老舉
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
老舉
|
| Yudu
|
婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
賺食嫲
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
菜店嫲
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
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
|
| Xinzhou
|
婊子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
妓嫲
|
| Jianyang
|
妓嫲
|
| Wuyishan
|
婊子
|
| Eastern Min
|
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
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| Fuding
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花娘
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| Matsu
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白面
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
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| Quanzhou
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婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
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| Zhangzhou
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婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
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| Taipei
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趁食查某, 菜店查某
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| Taipei (Wanhua)
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趁食查某
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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趁食查某, 豆菜底
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| New Taipei (Pingxi)
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趁食查某
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| Kaohsiung
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菜店查某, 趁食查某
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| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某
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| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某
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| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
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| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
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| Yilan
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菜店查某, 趁食查某
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
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趁食查某
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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趁食查某
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| Taichung
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趁食查某
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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趁食查某
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| Tainan
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豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
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| Tainan (Anping)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
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| Taitung
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趁食查某
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| Hsinchu
|
趁食查某
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| Kinmen
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趁食查某, 相楗的
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| Penghu (Magong)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
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趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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歹查某, 雞
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
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老妓
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| Chaozhou
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娼, 雞
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| Shantou
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花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
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| Jieyang
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雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
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| Haifeng
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雞, 查某娼
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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妓女, 雞
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| Chiang Mai (Teochew)
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老衍
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| Hat Yai (Teochew)
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妓女
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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妓女
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| Leizhou
|
娘
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| Haikou
|
娘囝, 娘
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| Puxian Min
|
Putian
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貨𨈘
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| Xianyou
|
貨𨈘
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| Zhongshan Min
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Sanxiang
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老舉
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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老妓婆, 婊子婆
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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婊子, 野雞
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| Suzhou
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婊子, 妓女
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| Danyang
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婊子
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| Hangzhou
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婊子, 妓女
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| Ningbo
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花佬, 婊子
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| Wenzhou
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大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
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| Jinhua
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賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
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| Loudi
|
婊子, 娼婦
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| Quanzhou
|
妓女
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Pronunciation 2[edit]
貓兒
- kitten
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
小貓 (“kitten”)
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Derived terms[edit]
