貓咪

See also: 猫咪

Chinese

		cat	sound to call cat
trad. (貓咪)		貓	咪
simp. (猫咪)		猫	咪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): māomī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠㄇㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ mai¹
Min Nan (POJ): niau-bî / niau-mi / niau-mî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: māomī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄇㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaumhi
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau¹ mai¹
  - Yale: māau māi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ mai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ mei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːu̯⁵⁵ mɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau-bî
  - Tâi-lô: niau-bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niau'bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niãʊ⁴⁴⁻²² bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niãʊ³³ bi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau-mi
  - Tâi-lô: niau-mi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaumy
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /niãʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ mĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niãʊ⁴⁴⁻²² mĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau-mî
  - Tâi-lô: niau-mî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaumii

Noun

貓咪

(colloquial, affectionate) kitty; cat; kitty-cat (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貓 (“cat”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貓, 女奴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓
Taxonomic name		貓
Mandarin	Beijing	貓, 貓兒
	Taiwan	貓, 貓咪
	Harbin	貓
	Shenyang	貓
	Bayanhot	貓娃子
	Jinan	貓
	Muping	貓子
	Luoyang	貓, 咪咪
	Wanrong	貓
	Xi'an	貓
	Xining	貓兒, 貓娃兒
	Xuzhou	貓
	Yinchuan	貓
	Lanzhou	貓兒
	Ürümqi	貓
	Wuhan	貓子, 財喜, 阿嗚 childish
	Huanggang	貓兒
	Chengdu	貓兒
	Guiyang	貓, 貓貓, 貓兒, 貓三, 貓咪
	Guilin	貓
	Liuzhou	貓, 貓公
	Kunming	貓
	Yangzhou	貓, 貓子
	Nanjing	貓
	Hefei	貓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓, 貓兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	貓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	貓
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓
	Macau	貓
	Panyu	貓
	Huadu (Huashan)	貓
	Conghua	貓
	Zengcheng	貓
	Foshan	貓
	Nanhai (Shatou)	貓
	Shunde	貓
	Sanshui	貓
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	貓
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	貓
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	貓
	Doumen	貓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓
	Xinhui	貓
	Taishan	貓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓
	Dongguan	貓
	Bao'an (Shajing)	貓
	Dapeng	貓
	Shaoguan	貓
	Yunfu	貓
	Yangjiang	貓
	Xinyi	貓
	Lianjiang	貓, 貓公
	Nanning	貓
	Wuzhou	貓
	Yulin	貓
	Hepu	貓
	Danzhou	貓
	Kuala Lumpur	貓
	Ho Chi Minh City	貓
Gan	Nanchang	貓兒, 貓
	Lichuan	貓兒
	Pingxiang	貓子
Hakka	Meixian	貓公
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	貓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	貓公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	貓公
	Conghua (Lütian)	貓
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	貓仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	貓仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	貓
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	貓仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓
	Senai	貓
	Singkawang	貓
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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	貓唧
	Dikou	貓唧
	Zhenqian	貓
	Shibei	貓
Min Dong	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
Min Nan	Xiamen	貓, 貓媌
	Quanzhou	貓
	Dongshan	貓
	Taipei	貓
	Kaohsiung	貓仔, 貓咪
	Tainan	貓仔
	Taichung	貓仔
	Hsinchu	貓仔
	Lukang	貓
	Sanxia	貓
	Yilan	貓
	Kinmen	貓
	Magong	貓, 貓咪
	Penang	貓
	Singapore	貓
	Pingnan	貓
	Chaozhou	貓
	Haifeng	貓咪, 翻瓦
	Johor Bahru	貓
	Wenchang	貓
	Haikou	貓
Puxian Min	Putian	貓狸
Pinghua	Nanning	貓
Pinghua	Guilin	貓兒
Wu	Shanghai	貓, 貓咪
	Suzhou	貓
	Wuxi	貓
	Hangzhou	貓
	Wenzhou	貓兒, 貓, 貓妞 childish
	Chongming	貓兒
	Danyang	貓, 貓子
	Jinhua	貓
	Ningbo	貓
Xiang	Changsha	貓, 貓吱 childish, 壽它子 euphemistic
	Shuangfeng	貓兒, 貓
	Loudi	貓兒
	Quanzhou	貓

Dialectal synonyms of 小貓 (“kitten”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小貓
Mandarin	Beijing	小貓兒
	Taiwan	小貓
	Xi'an	貓娃兒
	Xining	尕貓娃兒
	Yinchuan	貓娃子, 貓娃娃
	Lanzhou	貓娃子
	Wuhan	咪咪
	Guiyang	貓崽, 小貓咪 childish
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓娃子, 貓娃兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓仔
	Hong Kong	貓仔
	Dongguan	貓仔
Gan	Lichuan	貓崽兒
Gan	Pingxiang	貓崽子
Hakka	Meixian	細貓公
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓子
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	貓子
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	貓子
	Dongshi (Dabu)	貓子
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	貓子
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	貓幺
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貓囝囝
Min Dong	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓囝囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	貓咪
	Penang	貓囝
	Singapore	貓囝
	Leizhou	貓囝
Wu	Wenzhou	貓兒
Wu	Chongming	小貓兒

References

“Entry #11960”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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