"夜貓子" meaning in Chinese

See 夜貓子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/, /iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/, /jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/, /i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/ Chinese transliterations: yèmāozi [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ye⁴ mao¹ zi³ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], je⁶ maau¹ zi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ie³ mau¹ zeh [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], ia⁵ mau¹ zr, yèmāozi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ [Mandarin, bopomofo], yèmaozi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yeh⁴-mao¹-tzŭ⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yè-māu-dz [Mandarin, Yale], yehmhau.tzy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], емаоцзы [Mandarin, Palladius], jemaoczy [Mandarin, Palladius], iemaoz [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], yeh māau jí [Cantonese, Yale], je⁶ maau¹ dzi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yé⁶ mao¹ ji² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ie³ mau¹ zeh [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], ia⁵ mau¹ zr [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang] Forms: 夜猫子
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 夜貓子
  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻/只 m) Tags: Jin, Mandarin, colloquial
    Sense id: en-夜貓子-zh-noun-hQjzL5~s Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只, Jin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 41 50 9
  2. (chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m) Tags: Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figuratively Categories (lifeform): Owls
    Sense id: en-夜貓子-zh-noun-dzGvaTjn Disambiguation of Owls: 29 63 9 Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只, Mandarin Chinese, Xiang Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 41 50 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 60 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 60 12
  3. (Xiang, figurative) someone who does bad things at night Tags: Xiang, figuratively Synonyms (someone who does bad things at night): 夜精 [Xiang]
    Sense id: en-夜貓子-zh-noun-kn39Ac5c Categories (other): Xiang Chinese Disambiguation of 'someone who does bad things at night': 1 4 95
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "night cat",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "owl (Classifier: 隻/只 m)"
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      "id": "en-夜貓子-zh-noun-hQjzL5~s",
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        [
          "owl",
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          "隻",
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        ]
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        "(chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻/只 m)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Mandarin",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin Chinese",
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        },
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          "_dis": "29 60 10",
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          "_dis": "29 60 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Owls",
          "orig": "zh:Owls",
          "parents": [
            "Birds of prey",
            "Birds",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you a night owl or an early bird?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你是個夜貓子,還是早起者?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Are you a night owl or an early bird?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你是个夜猫子,还是早起者?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-夜貓子-zh-noun-dzGvaTjn",
      "links": [
        [
          "night owl",
          "night owl"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "Xiang",
        "colloquial",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone who does bad things at night"
      ],
      "id": "en-夜貓子-zh-noun-kn39Ac5c",
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          "someone",
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        ],
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          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
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          "night",
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        ]
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          "_dis1": "1 4 95",
          "sense": "someone who does bad things at night",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "夜精"
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      ],
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        "Xiang",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèmāozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ye⁴ mao¹ zi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ maau¹ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ie³ mau¹ zeh"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ia⁵ mau¹ zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèmāozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèmaozi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-mao¹-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yè-māu-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yehmhau.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "емаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jemaoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iemaoz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh māau jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ maau¹ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yé⁶ mao¹ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ie³ mau¹ zeh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ia⁵ mau¹ zr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜貓子"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 夜",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 子",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 貓",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Owls"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "夜猫子",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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          "english": "Are you a night owl or an early bird?",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "roman": "Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你是個夜貓子,還是早起者?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Are you a night owl or an early bird?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你是个夜猫子,还是早起者?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)"
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          "night owl",
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        ],
        [
          "個",
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        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Xiang",
        "colloquial",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Xiang Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone who does bad things at night"
      ],
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        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Xiang, figurative) someone who does bad things at night"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèmāozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ye⁴ mao¹ zi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ maau¹ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ie³ mau¹ zeh"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ia⁵ mau¹ zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèmāozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèmaozi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-mao¹-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yè-māu-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yehmhau.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "емаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jemaoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iemaoz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh māau jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "je⁶ maau¹ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yé⁶ mao¹ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ie³ mau¹ zeh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ia⁵ mau¹ zr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² maːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "someone who does bad things at night",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "夜精"
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜貓子"
}

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