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)
simp. (夜猫子)
Literally: “night cat”.

Pronunciation


Noun

夜貓子

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) owl (Classifier: m)
  2. (chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: m;  m)
    夜貓子還是早起 [MSC, trad.]
    夜猫子还是早起 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě?
    Are you a night owl or an early bird?

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