# 夜貓子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yèmāozi
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye$^4$ mao$^1$ zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^6$ maau$^1$ zi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^3$ mau$^1$ zeh
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia$^5$ mau$^1$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yèmāozi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yèmaozi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^4$-mao$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: yè-māu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmhau.tzy
*** Palladius: емаоцзы (jemaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ye$^4$ mao$^1$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iemaoz
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^6$ maau$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yeh māau jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^6$ maau$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^6$ mao$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^3$ mau$^1$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^5$ mau$^1$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

夜貓子
* (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Yilong Hakka, Loudi Xiang, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
* (chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個／个 m; 隻／只 m)
       Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě? [Pinyin]
       Are you a night owl or an early bird?
* (Xiang, figurative) someone who does bad things at night

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鴞, 梟, 鴟鵂, 鴟鴞, 角鴟, 梟鳥, 鵋䳢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 夜貓子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 夜貓子, 貓頭兒鷹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 夜貓子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 幸候, 鴟腳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 信猴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 鴟關子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 咕咕喵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 貓頭鷹, 幸候, 鴟鴞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 鴟鴞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 夜鴿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 恨鶘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 夜貓子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 貓頭鷹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 恨鶘, 夜貓子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 鴟鴞子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 貓頭鷹, 恨鶘兒, 恨鶘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鬼冬哥, 鬼冬哥兒, 鬼燈哥, 鬼燈哥兒, 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 鬼冬哥, 夜市眼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 恨鶘, 鬼燈哥兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 貓頭鷹, 恨鶘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 貓頭鷹, 鬼冬哥兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 貓頭鷹, 鬼敦哥, 鬼冬哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 鬼冬哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 貓哭鳥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 恨鶘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 恨鶘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lancang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 貓頭鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 貓頭鷹, 田雞鳥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 咕嚕頭兒, 挖孔雀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 貓頭兒鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 恨鶘, 喚葫蘆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 枕虼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 貓頭鳥 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 冚木雀 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鬼勾雀, 鬼勾 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 鬼雀 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 咕咮 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 大貓鼠 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 夜哇子, 貓頭鷹 |
| Gan | Pengze | 貓頭鷹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 大頭鳥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 貓公鳥 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 貓公鳥哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 貓頭鳥, 貓頭翁, 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 貓頭鳥, 大目狗頂 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 貓頭鳥, 目睡鳥, 老人鳥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 目睡牯, 老人鳥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 貓頭牯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 大目狗頂 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 大目狗頂 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 貓頭鳥, 貓狸鳥 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 貓狼孩 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longtan) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shiling) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longwang) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shibantan) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 貓頭鳥, 鬼燈哥 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 鬼燈科 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 夜貓子 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 恨鶘 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 大目狗頂 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 貓頭鳥 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 大目狗頂 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 大目鳥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 夜鴣 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 貓頭鷹 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 咶咶油 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 鴟怪子, 咶咶油 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 鴰鴰鷂, 貓頭鷹 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 信虎 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 突死叫 |
| Jin | Datong | 貓性鶻 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 禿嘶角 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 貓頭鷹, 信虎 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 突叫, 信虎 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 突鴟怪 |
| Jin | Linhe | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 鴟怪子 |
| Jin | Jining | 貓頭鷹 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 禿死怪 |
| Jin | Baotou | 貓頭鷹, 禿鴟怪 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 鴟怪子 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 夜貓子, 鴟怪子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 鴰鴰黝 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 夜貓子 |
| Jin | Handan | 貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 咕咕喵兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 恨鶘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牯頂鷂, 牯頂仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 貓仔頭 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 貓仔頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 貓王鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 鴣王囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 貓狸頭鴣鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 貓狸鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 貓咪頭鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 鴣翁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 貓咪鳥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 暗光鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 暗光鳥, 鴣黃, 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 鴣黃貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 暗光鳥, 暗鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 虎舅鳥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 虎舅鳥 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 暗鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 暗光鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 暗光鳥仔, 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 暗光鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 牯頂 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鴣黃 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 貓狸鷹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 古門貓 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 古董鳥, 貓仔頭鷂 suburbs |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 大頭鳥 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 棉蓬蘢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 貓兒頭鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 貓頭鳥 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 貓頭鳥 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 貓頭鷂 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 野貓子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 搖鈴鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 夜貓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 竹萑, 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 竹萑, 老竹, 貓頭鷹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 貓局瘟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 貓頭鳥, 貓哭鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 哭鳥 |
| Xiang | Miluo (Changle) | 貓嘴鳥, 喔鳥, 喔鳥⿰口姐 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哭鳥子, 夜貓子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哭鳥 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 貓頭鷹 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 貓關鳥 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 包子鳥唧 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 貓頭牯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 貓頭鷹 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 貓頭牯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 貓頭雀 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 貓咪頭 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 貓牯頭 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 貓頭鳥 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 夜貓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 夜貓子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 夜貓子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 夜貓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 夜貓子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夜鬼, 夜遊神 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 夜貓, 夜鬼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 夜摸仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 暗光鳥, 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗光鳥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 暝吆, 暝喝 |
| Wu | Danyang | 夜摸索 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜貓子, 夜精 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 夜貓子 |
* (someone who does bad things at night): (Xiang) 夜精