貓兒眼

Chinese

		female prostitute	eye
trad. (貓兒眼)		貓兒	眼
simp. (猫儿眼)		猫儿	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): māoryǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠㄦㄧㄢˇ
Min Nan (POJ): bâ-jî-gán / bâ-lî-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: māoryǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaulyean
  - IPA ^(key): /maʊɻʷ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-jî-gán
  - Tâi-lô: bâ-jî-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baji'garn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³⁻³³ ʑi²³⁻³³ gan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-lî-gán
  - Tâi-lô: bâ-lî-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bali'garn
  - IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴⁻¹¹ gan⁵³/

Noun

貓兒眼

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 貓眼／猫眼 (māoyǎn, “cat's eye”).
(Taiwanese Hokkien) eye of a cat

Verb

貓兒眼

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to be refreshed
倒咧貓兒眼 / 倒咧猫儿眼 [Taiwanese] ― tó teh bâ-jî-gán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to lie down and get refreshed (by opium)

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