飛天貓

Chinese

		to fly in the sky; to travel into space	cat
trad. (飛天貓)		飛天	貓
simp. (飞天猫)		飞天	猫
Literally: “cat flying in the sky”.

Etymology

Pun on ftm (from English), an initialism for 飛天貓／飞天猫 (fēitiānmāo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēitiānmāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēitiānmāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feitianmao
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-tʻien¹-mao¹
    • Yale: fēi-tyān-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feitianmhau
    • Palladius: фэйтяньмао (fɛjtjanʹmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

飛天貓

1. (transgender slang, humorous) trans man

   Synonym: 跨性別男性／跨性别男性 (kuàxìngbié nánxìng)

Related terms

• 木桶飯／木桶饭 (mùtǒngfàn)