# 野貓
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yěmāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^5$ maau$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ-miau
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^2$ mau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): iā-mà
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ia$^3$ mor$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá-niau
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ya-mau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yěmāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yěmao
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^3$-mao$^1$
*** Yale: yě-māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeemhau
*** Palladius: емао (jemao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^5$ maau$^1$
*** Yale: yéh māau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^5$ maau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^5$ mao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː¹³ maːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-miau
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia$^ˊ$ miau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^1$ miau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ mi̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-miau
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia$^ˊ$ miau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^1$ miau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ mi̯au̯⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^2$ mau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁵³ mau¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iā-mà
*** Sinological IPA : /ia³³⁻²¹ ma⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ia$^3$ mor$^2$ [Phonetic: ia$^2$ mor$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ia⁴⁵³⁻¹³ mɒ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ia$^3$ mor$^2$ [Phonetic: ia$^1$ mor$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ia³³²⁻⁵⁵ mɒ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-niau
*** Tâi-lô: iá-niau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iafniaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niãu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niãu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niãu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niãu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ niãu⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya-mau
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$ mau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia-mau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² mɔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

野貓
* wildcat
* stray cat
* hare
* (Eastern Min) Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica)
* (Xianyou Puxian Min) prostitute

#### Synonyms

* (wildcat): 山貓／山猫 (shānmāo); (Xiang) 野貓子／野猫子
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鼬, 鼪 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 黃鼬 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 黃鼬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 黃鼠狼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 黃鼠狼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 黃狼子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 黃鼠狼子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼠狼子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 黃貔子, 黃鼬, 黃三太爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 黃鼠狼, 老黃, 黃貔子, 黃仙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 黃鼠狼, 黃狼子, 狼子, 黃貔子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 黃鼠狼子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 黃鼬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 黃鼬, 黃鼠狼子, 黃鼠狼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 黃狼子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 黃鼠狼子, 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 黃鼠狼子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 臊水浪子, 臊窠子, 黃家 honorific |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 黃鼠狼子, 臊水狼子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao (Chengyang) | 老黃 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao (Jimo) | 臊水狼子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Laixi | 水狼, 臊貔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Pingdu | 貔子, 臊水狼子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Jiaozhou | 黃老鼠, 臊貔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao (Jiaonan, Huangdao) | 黃老鼠 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 黃鼬子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 黃鼠狼兒, 黃鼠狼子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 黃鼠狼子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 黃鼬, 臊老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 懷鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 懷鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 黃鼠狼, 黃貔子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 黃鼠狼, 鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 黃鼠狼子, 黃狼子, 黃貓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 黃鼠狼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 黃鼠狼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 黃鼠狼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 黃老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼠狼兒, 黃水貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 黃老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 黃鼠狼, 黃舌狼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 黃鼠狼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼠狼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 黃鼠狼, 黃狼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 黃鼠狼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 黃鼠狼, 抓雞虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 黃老鼠兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 黃老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 黃鼠狼子, 黃鼠狼, 大仙老太爺 dated, 大仙 dated, 老太爺 dated, 黃仙子 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 黃狼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 狼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 黃貓兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 黃鼠狼子, 黃鼠狼, 大仙 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 黃鼠狼子, 黃狼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 黃狼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 黃鼠狼子, 狼子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 黃鼠狼 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 黃鼠狼, 抓雞虎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 抓雞虎 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 黃鼠狼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 黃老鼠 |
| Gan | Pengze | 黃雞狸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 黃鼠狼 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 黃老鼠 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 黃老鼠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黃鼠狼 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 臊豺子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 黃鼠狼子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 黃鼠狼子, 黃鼠狼 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 黃鼠狼子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 黃鼪 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 黃鼪 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黃鼬子, 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Datong | 黃猺子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 耐猴 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 黃鼠狼, 鼠狼子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Linhe | 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Jining | 黃鼬, 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Baotou | 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 黃鼠狼兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 黃鼬 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Handan | 黃鼠狼, 黃米狼子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 黃鼠狼 |
| Jin | Suide | 黃猺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鼠豺仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 黃鼠狼, 黃鼠, 野貓, 狐狸貓, 狐狸貓母 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 赤鼠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 赤鼠 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 赤鼠, 虎貓公 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 貓媌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鼠貓仔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 赤鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 拆鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鼠精番 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 黃老鼠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 黃狼, 黃鼠狼 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 黃鼠狼 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 黃狼, 黃鼠狼 |
| Wu | Danyang | 黃鼠狼 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 黃鼠狼兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 黃鼠狼 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老鼠黃, 老鼠黃兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 黃鼠狼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 黃老鼠, 黃竹筒 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 黃鼠狼 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 黃鼠狼 |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “野猫”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 298.