# 貓

| 貓 | U+8C93, &#35987; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C93 |
| ← 貒 [U+8C92] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 貔 → [U+8C94] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 猫 |
| Simplified | 猫 |
| Traditional | 貓 |

### Han character

貓 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿田 (BHTW), four-corner 4426$_0$, composition ⿰豸苗)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1202, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36595
* Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3914, character 4
* Unihan data for U+8C93

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 貓
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 貓 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 描 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 媌 | *mreːw, *mreːwʔ |
| 緢 | *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew |
| 苗 | *mrew |
| 猫 | *mrew |
| 庿 | *mrews |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mreːw, *mrew): semantic 豸 + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew). The phonetic component perhaps points to the onomatopoeic nature of this word.
Ma Xulun suggested that 豸 was the original character of 貓.

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare 喵 (miāo, “meow, the onomatopoeic cry of a cat”).
Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs Old Chinese *mau, reasoning that 貓's place among division II syllables results from its onomatopoeic nature instead of an Old Chinese medial *-r-; onomatopoeia is also responsible for the 陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng) tone instead of the expected 陽平／阳平 (yángpíng).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): māo (mao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao$^1$ / miao$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мо (mo, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maau$^1$ / miu$^4$ / maau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): miu$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mau$^4$ / mieu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): meu
    (Hailu, HRS): ngiau$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): miau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mê / miâu
* Eastern Min (BUC): mà / mièu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): niau / ngiau / bâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiao$^1$ / ngiou$^1$ / bha$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bha$^5$ / niao$^7$ / miao$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$mau; $^1$mau / $^2$mau
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): mau$^1$ / miau$^1$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): mau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: māo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mao
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^1$
*** Yale: māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (貓兒 / 猫儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: māor
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: maor
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: māur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaul
*** Palladius: маор (maor)
*** Sinological IPA : /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mao$^1$ / miao$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mao / miao
*** Sinological IPA : /mau⁵⁵/, /miau²¹/
* mao1 - vernacular;
* miao2 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit貓 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /mɑu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /mau⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /mɑu⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /mɔ⁴²/ /mɔ²¹³/ 瞧～兒 |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /mɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /mau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /mau²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mɔ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /mɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /mɔ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /mɔ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /mau⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /mau⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /mao⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /mɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /mɔo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /mɔ²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /mau¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /mɔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /mɔ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /mɔ²³/ /mɔ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /mæ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /mɔ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /m̠uɔ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /mɔ³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /mən²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /miau³³/ /mau³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /maɯ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /mɑu⁴⁵/ /miɛu⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /miau⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /meu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /mau⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /mau⁵⁵/ /mɛu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /mau⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /bau³⁵/ /niau⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ma⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /me³³/ /miau³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ŋiãu³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /va³¹/ /niau³⁵/ /niau²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: mjew, maew
Rime :
| Character | 貓 | 貓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 武瀌切 | 莫交切 |
| Baxter | mjew | maew |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiᴇu/ | /mˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚiɛu/ | /mᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miæu/ | /mau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw/ | /maɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /mjɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miáo | máo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^4$ | maau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤraw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 貓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | māo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ maew › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.mˁraw/ |
| English | cat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 貓 | 貓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9101 | 9109 |
| Phonetic component | 苗 | 苗 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 茅 | 苗 |
| Old Chinese | /*mreːw/ | /*mrew/ |

#### Definitions

貓
* cat (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yíng māo, wèi qí shí tiánshǔ yě; yíng hǔ, wèi qí shí tián shǐ yě, yíng ér jì zhī yě. [Pinyin]
    They met the cats, because they devoured the rats and mice of the fields, and the tigers, because they devoured the wild boars. They met them and made offerings to them.
    From: 2019, “中国小猫被困在集装箱 “漂流”40多天到意大利”, in sina‎:
    Jù Yīngguó “Měirì Yóubào” 5 yuè 9 rì bàodǎo, bùjiǔqián, Yìdàlì hǎiguān zài cóng zhōngguó yùnguòlái de jízhuāngxiānglǐ fāxiàn yī zhī xiǎo júmāo. [Pinyin]
    According to a report by the British Daily Mail on May 9, Italian customs recently found a small orange cat in a container shipped from China.
* (Mandarin, colloquial) to hide oneself
* (Mandarin, colloquial) to hang around; to stay somewhere doing nothing
* (Cantonese) to get drunk
* (Hokkien) pockmarked (face)
    貓面／猫面 [Hokkien] ― niau-bīn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― pockmarked face
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien; Singapore Teochew) stingy; miserly
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) lecherous; lascivious
* (Cantonese, non-productive) person with a non-positive attribute
    花面貓／花面猫 [Cantonese] ― faa$^1$ min$^6$ maau$^1$ [Jyutping] ― someone with a dirty face
    為食貓／为食猫 [Cantonese] ― wai$^6$ sik$^6$ maau$^1$ [Jyutping] ― gourmand
    病貓／病猫 [Cantonese] ― beng$^6$ maau$^1$ [Jyutping] ― someone who is ill or physically weak

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 貓, 狸奴, 女奴, 烏員 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 貓 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 貓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 貓, 貓兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 貓, 貓咪, 咪咪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 貓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 貓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 貓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 貓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 貓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 貓, 咪咪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 貓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 貓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 貓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 貓兒, 貓娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 貓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 貓, 貓兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 貓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 貓娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 貓兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Muli | 貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 貓子, 財喜, 阿嗚 childish |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 貓, 貓貓, 貓兒, 貓三, 貓咪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 貓, 貓公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 貓, 貓公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 貓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 貓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 貓, 貓子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 貓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 貓兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 貓, 貓公 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 貓 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 貓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 貓兒, 貓 |
| Gan | Pengze | 貓 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 貓兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 貓子 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 貓哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 貓公 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 貓公 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 貓公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 貓 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 貓公 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 貓, 貓公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 貓公, 貓 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 貓 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 貓仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 貓子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 貓仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 貓仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 貓仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 貓, 貓公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 貓仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 貓 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 貓公 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 貓 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 貓 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 貓公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 貓 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 貓 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 貓兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 貓兒, 貓 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 貓兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 貓兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 貓 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 貓兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 貓兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 貓兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 貓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 貓唧 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 貓唧 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 貓 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 貓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 貓囝, 貓, 咪咪 childish |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 貓囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 貓囝, 貓 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 貓狸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 貓狸 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 貓狸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 貓狸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 貓咪 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 貓狸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 貓咪 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 貓囝, 貓 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 貓狸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 貓, 貓貓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 貓 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 貓仔, 貓咪 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 貓仔, 貓 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 貓仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 貓仔, 貓 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 貓, 貓咪 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 貓咪, 翻瓦 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 貓貓 endearing |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 貓 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 貓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 貓子 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 貓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 貓子 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 貓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 貓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 貓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 貓 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 貓 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 獁兒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 貓 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 貓兒 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 貓子 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 貓子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 貓, 貓咪 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 貓兒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 貓 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 貓 |
| Wu | Danyang | 貓, 貓子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 貓 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 貓 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 貓兒, 貓, 貓妞 childish |
| Wu | Jinhua | 貓 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 貓, 貓吱 childish, 壽它子 euphemistic |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 貓 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 貓兒 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 貓兒, 貓 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 貓, 災貓子 derogatory |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 貓 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 貓關 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 吝嗇, 摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小摳兒, 小氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 小摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 摳門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 吝嗇, 小摳, 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吝嗇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吝嗇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 摳惜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 摳, 窮摳 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 摳, 老摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 摳, 不出息 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 摳, 摳門兒, 小氣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 黑饞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 摳, 奸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 摳, 摳搜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 奸, 拤古 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 拤古 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 吝嗇, 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 摳, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 摳, 老鱉一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 摳, 尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 吝嗇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 吝嗇, 摳, 尖 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 嗇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 摳 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 嗇, 坎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 吝嗇, 雀薄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 摳, 夾殼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 夾摳, 夾殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 吝嗇, 摳, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 尖鉤鉤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 嗇皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 吝嗇, 免頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小氣, 嗇掐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 摳 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 摳, 尿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 摳, 小氣, 算小 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小氣, 慳, 刻薄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微, 知慎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 孤寒, 針屎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 孤寒, 針屎 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耳屎, 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 孤寒, 縮骨 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 孤寒, 小格 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 小氣, 慳嗇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 孤寒, 小氣 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 慳濕, 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 細氣 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 小氣 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 孤寒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗇, 小氣 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 慳吝, 小氣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 歪 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 孤寒, 蔑屑 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 小氣, 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 嗇 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 齧察 |
| Hakka | Changting | 癄 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 齧 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 歪, 齧察 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 精 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 小氣, 小相 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 小氣 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 精, 小氣 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 齧察, 齧合澀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 硞, 虯, 鹹合澀 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 摳 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 小氣 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小毛, 小氣, 小鬼 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小氣, 吃小米 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 摳, 小氣 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳 |
| Jin | Datong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鬼祟, 小氣 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 摳 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 摳, 慳, 摳搜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 憋, 缺 |
| Jin | Jining | 摳 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 小氣 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 摳, 小氣 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 摳唆 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇 |
| Jin | Handan | 小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 摳 |
| Jin | Suide | 嗇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嗇鄙, 小癖氣 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 小氣 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嗇鄙 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嗇鄙 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嗇 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嗇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣, 十絕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 枝釐 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 夾絲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 孤霜, 㾀屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 凍霜, 硞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 凍霜, 苛頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鹹澀, 鹹, 汌, 貓潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 挾潲 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 澀鼻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鹹澀, 貓 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鹹澀, 細氣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孤寒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 孤寒, 孽屎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 小氣, 小相 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 小氣 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 吝嗇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 小氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小氣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小氣, 算小, 掐 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 小氣, 嗇 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 小氣 |
| Wu | Danyang | 嗇掐, 小氣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小氣, 精馬, 精巴 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小氣, 刮皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 小氣, 貓, 吃不得 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 小相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 小氣 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 吝嗇 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 小相 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 小氣 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 好色 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好色, 色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 色 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鹹濕, 生雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鹹濕, 淫 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 鹹濕 outside the family, 扒灰 within the family |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 鹹濕 outside the family, 扒灰 within the family |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花, 好色, 鹹濕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鹹濕, 豺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 豬哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豬哥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 鹹濕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 草鞋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 豬哥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥, 𪁎, 貓神, 貓, 毋夠毋鬼, 毋夠鬼, 毋成夠鬼, 毋成鬼, 毋成毋鬼 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 痴哥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 不四鬼 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 痴哥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 好色 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 風流 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 好色 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𪁎哥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 豬哥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 豬哥形 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𪁎哥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 痴哥, 豬哥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 五枝鬚, 愛查某 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 好色, 痴哥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 痴哥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鹹濕 |

#### Descendants

* → English: ngeow (via Teochew)

#### Compounds

* 三腳貓 / 三脚猫 (sānjiǎomāo)
* 三跤貓 / 三跤猫
* 人貓 / 人猫
* 偷貓遞狗 / 偷猫递狗
* 出貓 / 出猫
* 加菲貓 / 加菲猫
* 叮叮貓 / 叮叮猫
* 咬人貓 / 咬人猫
* 夜貓子 / 夜猫子 (yèmāozi)
* 大熊貓 / 大熊猫 (dàxióngmāo)
* 大貓態 / 大猫态
* 女貓 / 女猫 (nǚmāo)
* 好貓管百家 / 好猫管百家
* 小熊貓 / 小熊猫 (xiǎoxióngmāo)
* 小貓熊 / 小猫熊 (xiǎomāoxióng)
* 山貓 / 山猫 (shānmāo)
* 山貓兒 / 山猫儿
* 憋死貓 / 憋死猫
* 捉藏貓 / 捉藏猫
* 捉鼠拿貓 / 捉鼠拿猫
* 斑貓 / 斑猫 (bānmāo)
* 暹羅貓 / 暹罗猫 (xiānluómāo)
* 木貓 / 木猫
* 李貓 / 李猫
* 棗貓 / 枣猫
* 烏貓 / 乌猫
* 烏貓姊仔 / 乌猫姊仔
* 照貓畫虎 / 照猫画虎 (zhàomāohuàhǔ)
* 熊貓 / 熊猫 (xióngmāo)
* 狸貓 / 狸猫 (límāo)
* 獅貓 / 狮猫
* 病貓 / 病猫 (bìngmāo)
* 短毛貓 / 短毛猫 (duǎnmáomāo)
* 稱貓 / 称猫
* 窮鼠齧貓 / 穷鼠啮猫 (qióngshǔnièmāo)
* 老鼠見貓 / 老鼠见猫
* 花巴哩貓 / 花巴哩猫
* 花腳貓 / 花脚猫
* 花貓巧嘴 / 花猫巧嘴
* 蕨貓 / 蕨猫
* 薛定諤的貓 / 薛定谔的猫 (Xuēdìng'è de māo)
* 藏貓兒 / 藏猫儿 (cáng māor)
* 藏貓貓 / 藏猫猫
* 虥貓 / 虥猫
* 豹貓 / 豹猫 (bàomāo)
* 貍貓 / 狸猫 (límāo)
* 貓人 / 猫人 (māorén)
* 貓仔 / 猫仔 (māozǎi)
* 貓兒 / 猫儿
* 貓兒洗臉 / 猫儿洗脸
* 貓兒眼 / 猫儿眼 (māoryǎn)
* 貓兒窩 / 猫儿窝
* 貓兒臉 / 猫儿脸
* 貓兒頭 / 猫儿头
* 貓兒食 / 猫儿食
* 貓公 / 猫公
* 貓公刺 / 猫公刺
* 貓咪 / 猫咪 (māomī)
* 貓哭老鼠——假慈悲 / 猫哭老鼠——假慈悲 (māo kū lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíbēi)
* 貓哭耗子——假慈悲 / 猫哭耗子——假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi, jiǎ cíbēi)
* 貓噬鸚鵡 / 猫噬鹦鹉
* 貓奴 / 猫奴 (māonú)
* 貓娘 / 猫娘 (māoniáng)
* 貓尾紅 / 猫尾红
* 貓𡳞 / 猫𡳞
* 貓嶼 / 猫屿
* 貓彈竹 / 猫弹竹
* 貓母 / 猫母
* 貓溺 / 猫溺
* 貓潲 / 猫潲
* 貓熊 / 猫熊 (māoxióng)
* 貓牛 / 猫牛
* 貓猴 / 猫猴
* 貓王 / 猫王 (Māowáng)
* 貓眼石 / 猫眼石
* 貓睛 / 猫睛
* 貓睛石 / 猫睛石
* 貓神 / 猫神
* 貓竹 / 猫竹
* 貓精 / 猫精
* 貓紙 / 猫纸
* 貓絲 / 猫丝
* 貓耳朵 / 猫耳朵
* 貓膩 / 猫腻 (māonì)
* 貓虎 / 猫虎
* 貓豬 / 猫猪
* 貓貍 / 猫狸
* 貓貓 / 猫猫 (māomāo)
* 貓貓相 / 猫猫相
* 貓道 / 猫道
* 貓面 / 猫面
* 貓頭 / 猫头
* 貓頭竹 / 猫头竹
* 貓頭筍 / 猫头笋
* 貓頭鞋 / 猫头鞋
* 貓頭鳥 / 猫头鸟 (māotóuniǎo)
* 貓頭鷹 / 猫头鹰 (māotóuyīng)
* 貓鬚草 / 猫须草 (māoxūcǎo)
* 貓鬼 / 猫鬼
* 貓鼠同乳 / 猫鼠同乳
* 貓鼠同眠 / 猫鼠同眠
* 貓鼠同處 / 猫鼠同处
* 貓鼻頭 / 猫鼻头 (Māobítóu)
* 賴貓 / 赖猫
* 跳貓子 / 跳猫子
* 躲貓貓 / 躲猫猫 (duǒmāomāo)
* 迎貓 / 迎猫
* 避貓鼠 / 避猫鼠
* 郎貓 / 郎猫 (lángmāo)
* 醉貓 / 醉猫 (zuìmāo)
* 醉貓兒 / 醉猫儿
* 野貓 / 野猫 (yěmāo)
* 鐵貓 / 铁猫
* 鐵貓兒 / 铁猫儿
* 阿狗阿貓 / 阿狗阿猫 (āgǒu'āmāo)
* 阿貓阿狗 / 阿猫阿狗 (āmāo'āgǒu)
* 靈貓 / 灵猫 (língmāo)
* 青盲貓咬著死鳥鼠 / 青盲猫咬著死鸟鼠
* 食死貓 / 食死猫
* 食貓麵 / 食猫面
* 香貓 / 香猫 (xiāngmāo)
* 騸貓 / 骟猫
* 黃貓黑尾 / 黄猫黑尾
* 黑貓 / 黑猫 (hēimāo)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máo, māo (mao$^2$, mao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ, ㄇㄠ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): miu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mau$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mao$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: māo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mao
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^1$
*** Yale: māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^1$
*** Yale: māau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: miu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbiu⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mau
*** Sinological IPA : /mau³³/

#### Definitions

貓
* (Mandarin, colloquial) to bend
    貓腰／猫腰 ― máoyāo ― to bend over; to stoop

##### Synonyms

* 彎／弯 (wān)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English modem.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): māo (mao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: māo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mao
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^1$
*** Yale: māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

貓
* (Mainland China, colloquial) modem

#### Compounds

* 光貓 / 光猫 (guāngmāo)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
*** Tâi-lô: bâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ba²⁴/

#### Definitions

貓
* (Hokkien) wildcat
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) vicious woman; woman that suddenly turns hostile (just like a mother cat when her kittens are threatened)

#### Compounds

* 山貓 / 山猫 (shānmāo)
* 果子貓 / 果子猫
* 貓仔 / 猫仔 (māozǎi)
* 貓貓 / 猫猫 (māomāo)
* 貓里 (Māolǐ)
* 野貓 / 野猫 (yěmāo)

### References

* “貓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: びょう (byō)、ぼう (bō)
* Kun: ねこ (neko, 貓)

### Noun

貓(ねこ) or 貓(ネコ) • (neko) (counter 匹)
* Alternative form of 猫 (“cat”)

## Korean
### Hanja

貓 (eumhun 고양이 묘 (goyang'i myo))
* cat

## Vietnamese
### Han character

貓: Hán Việt readings: miêu (眉(mi)鑣(tiêu)切(thiết))
貓: Nôm readings: mèo, miêu
* chữ Hán form of miêu (“cat”).
* chữ Nôm form of mèo (“cat”).

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).