# 貓娘
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): niau-niû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiou$^1$ niê$^5$ / ngiao$^1$ nio$^5$
* 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: ngiou$^1$ niê$^5$ / ngiao$^1$ nio$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiou niê / ngiau niô
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋiou³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/, /ŋiau³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/
* ngiou1 niê5 - Chaozhou;
* ngiao1 nio5 - Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang.

#### Noun

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

##### Synonyms

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): māoniáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maau$^1$ noeng$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: māoniáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: maoniáng
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^1$-niang$^2$
*** Yale: māu-nyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauniang
*** Palladius: маонян (maonjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^1$ noeng$^4$
*** Yale: māau nèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^1$ noeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^1$ nêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

#### Noun

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