夜貓子
See also: 夜猫子
Chinese
| night | cat | child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight | ||
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| trad. (夜貓子) | 夜 | 貓 | 子 | |
| simp. (夜猫子) | 夜 | 猫 | 子 | |
| Literally: “night cat”. | ||||
Pronunciation
Noun
夜貓子
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夜貓子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 夜貓子 |
| Taiwan | 夜貓子 | |
| Chengdu | 夜貓子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夜貓 |
| Hong Kong | 夜貓 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 暗光鳥 |
| Quanzhou | 暗光鳥 | |
| Zhangzhou | 暗光鳥 | |
| Taipei | 暗光鳥 | |
| Kaohsiung | 暗光鳥 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜貓子, 夜精 |
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