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貓

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貓

  • māo (mao¹) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄠ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • mao¹ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • miao² Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • мо (mo, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • maau¹ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • miu⁴ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • maau⁴ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • miu² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • mau⁴ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • mieu⁴ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • meu Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • miau⁴ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • mau¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • mê Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • miâu Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • mà Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • mièu Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • niau Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • bâ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • bâu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ngiao¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ngiou¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • bha⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶mau Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • ¹mau Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • ²mau Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • mau¹ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • máo Mandarin, Pinyin
  • māo (mao², mao¹) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄠˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • ㄇㄠ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • mao¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • máo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄠˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • máo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • mao² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • máu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • mau Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • мао Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /mɑʊ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • māo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • mao Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • mao¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • māu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • mhau Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • maau¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • māau Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • mao¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /maːu̯⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • miu² Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng
  • māo (mao¹) Mandarin, Pinyin

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *mreːw, *mrew）：意符 豸 + 聲符 苗 (上古 *mrew) 。

马叙伦認為豸是貓的本字。

擬聲詞。對照喵 (miāo)。

Schuessler (2007)初步重構出上古漢語 *mau，推論貓的第二音節位置是擬聲來源，而非來自上古漢語中音 *-r-；擬聲來源也表現為聲調使用陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng)，而非預期的陽平／阳平 (yángpíng)。

釋義

  1. 哺乳綱食肉目貓科動物，家貓（Felis catus） 迎貓，為其食田鼠也；迎虎，為其食田豕也，迎而祭之也。
  2. Mandarin, colloquial 躲起來
  3. Mandarin, colloquial 徘徊；無所事事
  4. Cantonese 酒醉
  5. Min Nan, 新加坡福建話 吝嗇；小氣
  6. 漳州話 好色；淫蕩
  7. Cantonese, 不再可造詞 對人非正面的描述詞 花面貓

Similar: 狸奴, 女奴, 烏員, 貓兒, 貓咪, 咪咪, 貓崽子, 小貓, 小貓子, 貓子, 小貓兒, 貓娃兒, 貓妮兒, 貓娃子, 貓娃, 貓伢子, 財喜, 阿嗚, 貓貓₁, 貓三, 貓公, 貓哩, 貓仔, 貓唧, 貓囝, 貓狸, 貓貓₂, 翻瓦, 貓貓₃, 獁兒

釋義

  1. Mandarin, colloquial 彎曲 貓腰

Similar: 彎, 弯

釋義

  1. Mainland China, colloquial 調制解調器

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 狸奴, 女奴, 烏員, 貓兒, 貓咪, 咪咪, 貓崽子, 小貓, 小貓子, 貓子, 小貓兒, 貓娃兒, 貓妮兒, 貓娃子, 貓娃, 貓伢子, 財喜, 阿嗚, 貓貓₁, 貓三, 貓公, 貓哩, 貓仔, 貓唧, 貓囝, 貓狸, 貓貓₂, 翻瓦, 貓貓₃, 獁兒

釋義

Similar: 彎, 弯

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MLA

"貓." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%B2%93. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

貓. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%B2%93

Chicago

"貓." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%B2%93.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {貓},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%B2%93},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}