三腳貓

Chinese

		three	role; foot; base	cat
trad. (三腳貓)		三	腳	貓
simp. (三脚猫)		三	脚	猫
variant forms		三跤貓／三跤猫 Min
Literally: “three-legged cat”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānjiǎomāo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ goek³ maau¹
Min Nan (POJ): saⁿ-kha-niau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānjiǎomāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjeaumhau
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanjiǎomao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ goek³ maau¹
  - Yale: sāam geuk māau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ goek⁸ maau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gêg³ mao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ kœ̽ːk̚³ mäːu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kha-niau
  - Tâi-lô: sann-kha-niau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'qaniaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ kʰa³³ niãʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ niãʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ niãʊ⁴⁴/

Noun

三腳貓

(figuratively, informal) jack of all trades, master of none; one who only has superficial knowledge of a skill

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