貓娘

Chinese

		cat	mother; young lady
trad. (貓娘)		貓	娘
simp. (猫娘)		猫	娘

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): niau-niû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngieu¹ niên⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau-niû
    • Tâi-lô: niau-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niauniuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niãu⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /niãu³³ niũ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngieu¹ niên⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiṳu niêⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɯu³³⁻²³ nĩẽ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 貓娘

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, dated, Teochew) tabby; female cat

Synonyms

• 女貓／女猫 (nǚmāo)
• (Cantonese) 貓乸／猫乸, 貓女／猫女
• (Min Nan) 貓母／猫母

Etymology 2

Likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 猫娘(ねこむすめ) (nekomusume).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māoniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māoniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maoniáng
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹-niang²
    • Yale: māu-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauniang
    • Palladius: маонян (maonjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 貓娘

1. (neologism, ACG) catgirl

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