夜貓子

See also: 夜猫子

Chinese

night cat
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (夜貓子) 夜 貓 子
simp. (夜猫子) 夜 猫 子
Literally: “night cat”.

Pronunciation


Noun

夜貓子

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
  2. (chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figurative) night owl (Classifier: 個/个 m; 隻/只 m)
    你是個夜貓子,還是早起者? [MSC, trad.]
    你是个夜猫子,还是早起者? [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shì ge yèmāozi, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě? [Pinyin]
    Are you a night owl or an early bird?

Synonyms

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