貓娘

Chinese

		cat	mother; young lady
trad. (貓娘)		貓	娘
simp. (猫娘)		猫	娘

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): niau-niû

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngiou¹ niê⁵ / ngiao¹ nio⁵

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau-niû
  - Tâi-lô: niau-niû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niauniuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niãu⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niãu³³ niũ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngiou¹ niê⁵ / ngiao¹ nio⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiou niê / ngiau niô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiou³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/, /ŋiau³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

Note:

ngiou1 niê5 - Chaozhou;
ngiao1 nio5 - Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang.

Noun

貓娘

(Teochew, dated in Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) tabby; female cat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母貓 (“tabby; female cat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		母貓
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母貓
Mandarin	Beijing	母貓, 女貓
	Taiwan	母貓
	Harbin	母貓
	Yantai (Muping)	女貓, 女貓子
	Jinan	女貓
	Luoyang	母貓, 女貓兒
	Xi'an	咪貓
	Yinchuan	女貓
	Xining	女貓
	Ürümqi	女貓
	Wuhan	母貓子
	Chengdu	母貓兒, 女貓兒
	Guiyang	女貓
	Pingle	貓婆
	Liuzhou	母貓, 貓母
	Luzhai	母貓
	Xuzhou	母貓, 女貓
	Yangzhou	母貓
	Nanjing	母貓
	Hefei	母貓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓乸 has given birth, 貓女 young
	Hong Kong	貓乸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	貓乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	貓乸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓乸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓乸, 貓牸 has not given birth
	Macau	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓乸
	Foshan	貓乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓乸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	貓乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	貓乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓乸
	Taishan	貓乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓乸
	Dongguan	貓乸 has given birth
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓乸
	Yangjiang	貓乸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓乸
Gan	Nanchang	貓婆
	Lichuan	貓𡡉兒
	Pingxiang	貓婆子
Hakka	Meixian	貓嫲, 貓牸仔
	Xingning	貓嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	貓牸, 貓嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓嫲
	Conghua (Lütian)	貓嫲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓嫲
	Hong Kong	貓嫲, 貓牸 has not given birth
	Senai (Huiyang)	貓嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	貓娘 has given birth
Jin	Taiyuan	母貓, 孥貓, 女貓
Jin	Xinzhou	女貓兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	貓唧嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓母
Southern Min	Xiamen	貓母, 貓娘 dated
	Quanzhou	貓母, 貓娘 dated
	Jinjiang	貓母
	Zhangzhou	貓母
	Tainan	貓母
	Chaozhou	貓母, 貓娘
	Shantou	貓娘
	Shantou (Chenghai)	貓娘
	Jieyang	貓娘, 貓母
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓母, 貓囊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓母
	Leizhou	貓母, 貓僆 has not given birth
	Haikou	貓母
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	貓母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母貓
Wu	Shanghai	雌貓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雌貓猊
	Suzhou	雌貓
	Danyang	母貓
	Wenzhou	草貓, 貓娘 has given birth
	Jinhua	貓娘, 雌貓
Xiang	Changsha	貓婆子
	Loudi	貓婆子
	Shuangfeng	貓婆子

Etymology 2

Likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 猫娘(ねこむすめ) (nekomusume).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): māoniáng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠㄋㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ noeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: māoniáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄋㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: maoniáng
  - Wade–Giles: mao¹-niang²
  - Yale: māu-nyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauniang
  - Palladius: маонян (maonjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau¹ noeng⁴
  - Yale: māau nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ noeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ nêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

Noun

貓娘

(neologism, ACG) catgirl
Synonym: 貓人／猫人 (māorén)

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