夜貓子

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See also: 夜猫子

Chinese

night cat
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (夜貓子) 夜 貓 子
simp. (夜猫子) 夜 猫 子
Literally: “night cat”.

Pronunciation

Noun

夜貓子

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Yilong Hakka, Loudi Xiang, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
  2. (chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個／个 m; 隻／只 m)
    你是個夜貓子，還是早起者？ [MSC, trad.]
    你是个夜猫子，还是早起者？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě?
    Are you a night owl or an early bird?
  3. (Xiang, figurative) someone who does bad things at night

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貓頭鷹 (“owl”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鴞, 梟, 鴟鵂, 鴟鴞, 角鴟, 梟鳥, 鵋䳢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 貓頭鷹
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 夜貓子
Taiwan 貓頭鷹
Chengde 夜貓子
Ulanhot 夜貓子
Tongliao 夜貓子
Chifeng 夜貓子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Heihe 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Qiqihar 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Harbin 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Jiamusi 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Baicheng 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Changchun 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Tonghua 夜貓子
Shenyang 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Jinzhou 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Singapore 貓頭鷹
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 夜貓子
Tangshan 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Cangzhou 夜貓子
Baoding 夜貓子
Shijiazhuang 夜貓子
Lijin 夜貓子
Jinan 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 貓頭鷹
Dandong 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Yantai 夜貓子
Yantai (Muping) 夜貓子, 貓頭兒鷹
Qingdao 夜貓子
Zhucheng 夜貓子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Lingbao 幸候, 鴟腳
Jining 夜貓子
Wanrong 信猴
Linfen 鴟關子
Shangqiu 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Yuanyang 貓頭鷹
Zhengzhou 咕咕喵
Xinyang 貓頭鷹
Baihe 貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭
Xi'an 貓頭鷹, 幸候, 鴟鴞
Baoji 鴟鴞
Tianshui 夜鴿子
Xining 恨鶘
Xuzhou 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Fuyang 貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 夜貓子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Bayanhot 貓頭鷹
Lanzhou 恨鶘, 夜貓子
Dunhuang 鴟鴞子
Ürümqi 貓頭鷹, 恨鶘兒, 恨鶘
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 鬼冬哥, 鬼冬哥兒, 鬼燈哥, 鬼燈哥兒, 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
Nanchong 貓頭鷹
Dazhou 鬼冬哥, 夜市眼兒
Hanyuan 恨鶘, 鬼燈哥兒
Xichang 貓頭鷹, 恨鶘
Zigong 貓頭鷹, 鬼冬哥兒
Chongqing 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Wuhan 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Yichang 貓頭鷹
Xiangyang 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Tianmen 貓頭鷹
Guiyang 貓頭鷹, 鬼敦哥, 鬼冬哥
Zunyi 夜貓子
Bijie 鬼冬哥
Liping 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 貓哭鳥
Zhaotong 恨鶘
Dali 貓頭鷹
Kunming 貓頭鷹
Mengzi 恨鶘
Lancang 貓頭鷹
Guilin 貓頭鷹
Liuzhou 貓頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Nanning (Wuming) 貓頭鷹, 田雞鳥
Jishou 咕嚕頭兒, 挖孔雀
Changde 貓頭鷹
Hanzhong 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Dagudi (Maliba) 貓頭鷹
Reshuitang (Longling) 貓頭鷹
Mae Salong (Lancang) 貓頭鷹
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 貓頭鷹
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 貓頭鷹
Yangzhou 貓頭鷹
Lianyungang 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Lianshui 貓頭鷹
Nantong 貓頭兒鷹
Anqing 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Wuhu 貓頭鷹
Hefei 貓頭鷹
Hong'an 恨鶘, 喚葫蘆
Cantonese Guangzhou 貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭鷹
Hong Kong 貓頭鷹
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 枕虼
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 貓頭鷹
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 貓頭鷹
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 貓頭鷹
Macau 貓頭鷹
Guangzhou (Panyu) 貓頭鷹
Guangzhou (Conghua) 貓頭鷹
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 貓頭鷹
Foshan 貓頭鷹
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 貓頭鷹
Foshan (Shunde) 貓頭鷹
Foshan (Sanshui) 貓頭鷹
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 貓頭鷹
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 貓頭鷹
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 貓頭鷹
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 貓頭鷹
Zhuhai (Doumen) 貓頭鷹
Jiangmen (Baisha) 貓頭鷹
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 貓頭鷹
Taishan 貓頭鷹
Taishan (Guanghai) 貓頭鷹
Kaiping (Chikan) 貓頭鷹
Enping (Niujiang) 貓頭鷹
Heshan (Yayao) 貓頭鷹
Dongguan 貓頭鷹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 貓頭鷹
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 貓頭鷹
Qingyuan 貓頭鷹
Fogang 貓頭鷹
Yingde (Hanguang) 貓頭鷹
Yangshan 貓頭鷹
Lianshan (Butian) 貓頭鷹
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 貓頭鷹
Shaoguan 貓頭鷹
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 貓頭鷹
Renhua 貓頭鳥
Lechang 貓頭鷹
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 貓頭鷹
Sihui 貓頭鷹
Guangning 貓頭鷹
Deqing 貓頭鷹
Huaiji 冚木雀
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 貓頭鷹
Yunfu 貓頭鷹
Xinxing 貓頭鷹
Luoding 貓頭鷹
Yunan (Pingtai) 貓頭鷹
Yangjiang 鬼勾雀, 鬼勾
Xinyi 貓頭鷹
Lianjiang 貓頭鷹
Nanning 貓頭鷹
Nanning (Tanka) 貓頭鷹
Wuzhou 貓頭鷹
Yulin 貓頭鷹
Rongxian 貓頭鷹
Hepu (Lianzhou) 貓頭鷹
Hepu (Shatian) 鬼雀
Guiping 貓頭鷹
Guiping (Mule) 貓頭鷹
Pingnan 貓頭鷹
Guigang (Gangcheng) 貓頭鷹
Guigang (Pingdong) 貓頭鷹
Beihai 貓頭鷹
Beihai (Nankang) 貓頭鷹
Beihai (Yingpan) 貓頭鷹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 貓頭鷹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 貓頭鷹
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 貓頭鷹
Danzhou 咕咮
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 貓頭鷹
Sarikei (Xinhui) 貓頭鷹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 貓頭鷹
Móng Cái 貓頭鷹
Mandalay (Taishan) 大貓鼠
Bangkok (Guangfu) 貓頭鷹
Betong (Rongxian) 貓頭鷹
Gan Nanchang 夜哇子, 貓頭鷹
Pengze 貓頭鷹
Lichuan 大頭鳥
Pingxiang 貓公鳥
Liuyang 貓公鳥哩
Hakka Meixian 貓頭鳥, 貓頭翁, 貓頭鷹
Dabu (Xihe) 貓頭鳥, 大目狗頂
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 貓頭鷹
Dongguan (Qingxi) 貓頭鷹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 貓頭鷹
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 貓頭鷹
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 貓頭鳥
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 貓頭鳥, 目睡鳥, 老人鳥
Wuhua (Huacheng) 目睡牯, 老人鳥
Wuhua (Changbu) 貓頭鳥
Wuhua (Mianyang) 貓頭鳥
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 貓頭牯
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 貓頭鷹
Jiexi 貓頭鷹
Luhe 貓頭鷹
Changting 貓頭鳥
Longyan (Yongding) 大目狗頂
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 大目狗頂
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 貓頭鳥
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 貓頭鳥
Wuping 貓頭鳥
Wuping (Zhongshan) 貓頭鳥
Liancheng (Peitian) 貓頭鳥
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 貓頭鳥
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 貓頭鳥
Yudu 貓頭鳥, 貓狸鳥
Ruijin 貓頭鳥
Shicheng 貓狼孩
Shangyou (Shexi) 貓頭鳥
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 貓頭鳥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 貓頭鳥
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 貓頭鳥
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 貓頭鳥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 貓頭鳥
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 貓頭鳥
Hong Kong 貓頭鳥
Luchuan (Daqiao) 貓頭鷹
Chengdu (Longtan) 貓頭鳥
Chengdu (Shiling) 貓頭鳥
Chengdu (Longwang) 貓頭鳥
Chengdu (Shibantan) 貓頭鳥
Chengdu (Hexingchang) 貓頭鳥, 鬼燈哥
Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) 鬼燈科
Yilong (Ma'an) 夜貓子
Xichang (Huanglianguan) 恨鶘
Sabah (Longchuan) 貓頭鷹
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 大目狗頂
Senai (Huiyang) 貓頭鳥
Singkawang 貓頭鳥
Bangkok (Meixian) 貓頭鷹
Bangkok (Fengshun) 大目狗頂
Bangkok (Jiexi) 大目鳥
Huizhou Jixi 夜鴣
Shexian 貓頭鷹
Fuliang 貓頭鷹
Jin Taiyuan 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 咶咶油
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 鴟怪子, 咶咶油
Taiyuan (Jinyuan) 鴰鴰鷂, 貓頭鷹
Pingyao 信虎
Yangyuan 突死叫
Datong 貓性鶻
Xinzhou 禿嘶角
Lüliang (Lishi) 貓頭鷹, 信虎
Changzhi 突叫, 信虎
Taibus (Baochang) 突鴟怪
Linhe 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 鴟怪子
Jining 貓頭鷹
Hohhot 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 禿死怪
Baotou 貓頭鷹, 禿鴟怪
Dongsheng 鴟怪子
Haibowan 夜貓子, 鴟怪子
Erenhot 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Pingshan 鴰鴰黝
Zhangjiakou 夜貓子
Handan 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Linzhou 咕咕喵兒
Suide 恨鶘
Northern Min Jian'ou 牯頂鷂, 牯頂仔
Wuyishan 貓仔頭
Pucheng (Shibei) 貓仔頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
Fuqing 貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
Yongtai 貓王鳥
Gutian 鴣王囝
Fu'an 貓狸頭鴣鳥
Ningde 貓狸鳥
Shouning 貓咪頭鳥
Zhouning 鴣翁
Fuding 貓咪鳥
Southern Min Xiamen 暗光鳥, 鴣黃
Quanzhou 暗光鳥, 鴣黃, 貓頭鷹
Yongchun 鴣黃貓
Zhangzhou 暗光鳥, 暗鳥, 鴣黃
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 虎舅鳥
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 鴣黃
Nanjing 虎舅鳥
Pinghe 鴣黃
Yunxiao 貓頭鷹
Zhao'an 貓頭鷹
Dongshan 暗鳥, 貓頭鷹
Taipei 暗光鳥
New Taipei (Tamsui) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
New Taipei (Sanxia) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
New Taipei (Pingxi) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Kaohsiung 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥, 鴣黃
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 暗光鳥
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 暗光鳥, 鴣黃
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 暗光鳥仔, 鴣黃
Yilan 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Yilan (Luodong) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Yilan (Toucheng) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Changhua (Lukang) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Changhua (Yongjing) 貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥
Taichung 貓頭鳥
Taichung (Wuqi) 貓頭鳥
Tainan 暗光鳥, 鴣黃
Tainan (Anping) 暗光鳥
Taitung 貓頭鳥
Hsinchu 貓頭鳥
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Kinmen 暗光鳥
Penghu (Magong) 貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥
Penghu (Xiyu) 貓頭鳥
Penang (Hokkien) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Singapore (Hokkien) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹, 貓頭鳥
Manila (Hokkien) 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
Longyan 貓頭鷹
Zhangping (Yongfu) 牯頂
Pingnan (Shangdu) 貓頭鳥
Chaozhou 貓頭鷹
Shantou 貓頭鷹
Jieyang 貓頭鷹
Bangkok (Teochew) 貓頭鷹
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 貓頭鳥
Hat Yai (Teochew) 貓頭鳥
Pontianak (Teochew) 貓頭鷹
Wenchang 鴣黃
Haikou 貓頭鷹
Puxian Min Putian 貓狸鷹
Xianyou 古門貓
Central Min Yong'an 古董鳥, 貓仔頭鷂 suburbs
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 大頭鳥
Jiangle 棉蓬蘢
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 貓頭鷹
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 貓頭鷹
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 貓頭鷹
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 貓兒頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Shehua Sanming 貓頭鳥
Shunchang 貓頭鳥
Guixi (Zhangping) 貓頭鳥
Lishui 貓頭鷂
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 野貓子
Wu Shanghai 貓頭鷹
Shanghai (Songjiang) 搖鈴鳥, 貓頭鷹
Shanghai (Jiading) 貓頭鷹
Shanghai (Chongming) 夜貓
Suzhou 貓頭鷹
Wuxi 貓頭鷹
Danyang 貓頭鷹
Hangzhou 貓頭鷹
Ningbo 竹萑, 貓頭鷹
Wenzhou 竹萑, 老竹, 貓頭鷹
Jinhua 貓局瘟
Xiang Changsha 貓頭鳥, 貓哭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Xiangtan 哭鳥
Miluo (Changle) 貓嘴鳥, 喔鳥, 喔鳥⿰口姐
Loudi 哭鳥子, 夜貓子
Shuangfeng 哭鳥
Quanzhou 貓頭鷹
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 貓關鳥
Dong'an 包子鳥唧
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 貓頭牯
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 貓頭鷹
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 貓頭牯
Renhua (Zhoutian) 貓頭雀
Renhua (Shitang) 貓咪頭
Lechang (Changlai) 貓牯頭
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 貓頭鳥
Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 夜貓子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 夜貓子
Taiwan 夜貓子
Harbin 夜貓子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 夜貓子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 夜貓子
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 夜貓子
Xuzhou 夜貓子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 夜貓子
Wuhan 夜貓子
Liuzhou 夜貓子
Cantonese Guangzhou 夜鬼, 夜遊神
Hong Kong 夜貓, 夜鬼
Hakka Meixian 夜摸仔
Southern Min Xiamen 暗光鳥
Quanzhou 暗光鳥
Zhangzhou 暗光鳥
Tainan 暗光鳥, 夜婆
Penang (Hokkien) 暗光鳥
Singapore (Hokkien) 暗光鳥
Jieyang 暝吆, 暝喝
Wu Danyang 夜摸索
Xiang Changsha 夜貓子, 夜精
Loudi 夜貓子
  • (someone who does bad things at night): (Xiang) 夜精
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