咪咪
Chinese
| sound to call cat | sound to call cat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (咪咪) | 咪 | 咪 | |
| simp. #(咪咪) | 咪 | 咪 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
咪咪
- (onomatopoeia) meow, sound of a cat, meowing
- Used to call a cat: kitty!
- (often childish) cat; kitty-cat
- (slang) breasts; tits; boobs
- oboe-like double reed wind instrument used in the folk music in regions of Gansu (甘肅) and Qinghai (青海)
- clarinet-like single reed wind instrument used in the folk music of Ningxia and northern Shaanxi, similar to the Qiang di (羌笛)
Synonyms
- (meow): 喵 (miāo)
Dialectal synonyms of 貓 (“cat”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 小貓 (“kitten”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小貓 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 小貓兒 |
| Taiwan | 小貓 | |
| Xi'an | 貓娃兒 | |
| Yinchuan | 貓娃子, 貓娃娃 | |
| Lanzhou | 貓娃子 | |
| Xining | 尕貓娃兒 | |
| 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 |
| Pingxiang | 貓崽子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細貓公 |
| Yudu | 貓子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 貓子 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 貓子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 貓子 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 貓子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 貓子 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 貓幺 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 貓囝囝, 眯囝 |
| Fuqing | 貓囝, 貓囝囝 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 貓咪 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 貓囝 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 貓囝 | |
| Leizhou | 貓囝 | |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小貓兒 |
| Wenzhou | 貓兒 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 乳房 (“breast”) [map]
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