咪咪

Chinese

		sound to call cat	sound to call cat
trad. (咪咪)		咪	咪
simp. ^#(咪咪)		咪	咪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mīmī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄇㄧ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mí-mí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mīmī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄇㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mimi
  - Wade–Giles: mi¹-mi¹
  - Yale: mī-mī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhimhi
  - Palladius: мими (mimi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-mí
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˋ mi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ mi³
  - Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ mi³¹/

Noun

咪咪

(onomatopoeia) meow, sound of a cat, meowing
Used to call a cat: kitty!
來，來，小咪咪。 [MSC, trad.]
来，来，小咪咪。 [MSC, simp.]
Lái, lái, xiǎo mīmī. [Pinyin]
Come, come, kitty.
(often childish) cat; kitty-cat
(slang) breasts; tits; boobs
我昨晚看見一對大咪咪。 [MSC, trad.]
我昨晚看见一对大咪咪。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zuówǎn kànjiàn yī duì dà mīmī. [Pinyin]
I saw a pair of big boobies last night.
oboe-like double reed wind instrument used in the folk music in regions of Gansu (甘肅) and Qinghai (青海)
clarinet-like single reed wind instrument used in the folk music of Ningxia and northern Shaanxi, similar to the Qiang di (羌笛)

Synonyms

(meow): 喵 (miāo)

Dialectal synonyms of 貓 (“cat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貓, 狸奴, 狸貓
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓
Taxonomic name		貓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	貓, 貓兒
	Taiwan	貓, 貓咪, 咪咪
	Harbin	貓
	Shenyang	貓
	Malaysia	貓
	Singapore	貓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	貓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	貓子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	貓, 咪咪
	Wanrong	貓
	Xi'an	貓
	Dingbian	貓
	Xining	貓兒, 貓娃兒
	Xuzhou	貓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓, 貓兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	貓
	Bayanhot	貓娃子
	Lanzhou	貓兒
	Ürümqi	貓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	貓兒
	Muli	貓兒
	Chongqing	貓兒
	Wuhan	貓子, 財喜, 阿嗚 childish
	Guiyang	貓, 貓貓, 貓兒, 貓三, 貓咪
	Kunming	貓
	Guilin	貓
	Pingle	貓
	Liuzhou	貓, 貓公
	Luzhai	貓
	Nanning (Wuming)	貓, 貓公
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	貓
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	貓
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	貓
	Yangzhou	貓, 貓子
	Hefei	貓
	Huanggang	貓兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	貓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	貓
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓
	Macau	貓
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	貓
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓
	Foshan	貓
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	貓
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	貓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓
	Taishan	貓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓
	Dongguan	貓
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	貓
	Shaoguan	貓
	Yunfu	貓
	Yangjiang	貓
	Xinyi	貓
	Lianjiang	貓, 貓公
	Nanning	貓
	Wuzhou	貓
	Yulin	貓
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	貓
	Beihai	貓
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	貓
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	貓
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	貓
	Danzhou	貓
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	貓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓
	Móng Cái	貓
Gan	Nanchang	貓兒, 貓
	Pengze	貓
	Lichuan	貓兒
	Pingxiang	貓子
	Liuyang	貓哩
Hakka	Meixian	貓公
	Xingning	貓公
	Dabu (Xihe)	貓公
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	貓
	Huiyang	貓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	貓公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	貓
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	貓, 貓公
	Wuhua (Changbu)	貓
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	貓
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	貓公, 貓
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	貓
	Jiexi	貓
	Luhe	貓仔
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓
	Hong Kong	貓
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓
	Bobai (Shahe)	貓
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	貓公
	Senai (Huiyang)	貓
	Kuching (Hepo)	貓
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	貓
	Singkawang	貓
	Singapore (Meixian)	貓
	Singapore (Dabu)	貓公
Huizhou	Jixi	貓
	Shexian	貓
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	貓兒
	Xiuning	貓兒, 貓
	Yixian	貓兒
	Qimen	貓兒
	Wuyuan	貓
Jin	Taiyuan	貓兒
	Pingyao	貓兒
	Xinzhou	貓兒
	Hohhot	貓
Northern Min	Jian'ou	貓唧
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	貓唧
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	貓
	Pucheng (Shibei)	貓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓囝, 貓, 咪咪 childish
	Fuzhou (Changle)	貓囝
	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓
	Yongtai	貓狸
	Gutian	貓狸
	Fu'an	貓狸
	Ningde	貓狸
	Shouning	貓咪
	Zhouning	貓狸
	Fuding	貓咪
	Matsu	貓囝, 貓
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	貓狸
Southern Min	Xiamen	貓, 貓貓
	Quanzhou	貓
	Zhangzhou	貓
	Zhao'an	貓
	Dongshan	貓
	Taipei	貓
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	貓
	Kaohsiung	貓仔, 貓咪
	Yilan	貓
	Changhua (Lukang)	貓
	Taichung	貓仔, 貓
	Taichung (Wuqi)	貓
	Tainan	貓仔
	Taitung	貓
	Hsinchu	貓仔, 貓
	Kinmen	貓
	Penghu (Magong)	貓, 貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓
	Manila (Hokkien)	貓
	Medan (Hokkien)	貓
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	貓
	Chaozhou	貓
	Haifeng	貓咪, 翻瓦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓
	Leizhou	貓貓 endearing
	Wenchang	貓
	Haikou	貓
Puxian Min	Putian	貓子
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	貓
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	貓子
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	貓
	Xianyou	貓
	Xianyou (Fengting)	貓
	Xianyou (Youyang)	貓
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	貓
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
	Shanghai (Chongming)	貓兒
	Suzhou	貓
	Wuxi	貓
	Danyang	貓, 貓子
	Hangzhou	貓
	Ningbo	貓
	Wenzhou	貓兒, 貓, 貓妞 childish
	Jinhua	貓
Xiang	Changsha	貓, 貓吱 childish, 壽它子 euphemistic
	Xiangxiang	貓
	Loudi	貓兒
	Shuangfeng	貓兒, 貓
	Quanzhou	貓
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	貓關

Dialectal synonyms of 小貓 (“kitten”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小貓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小貓兒
	Taiwan	小貓
	Singapore	小貓
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	貓娃兒
	Xining	尕貓娃兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	貓娃子, 貓娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	貓娃子, 貓娃娃
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	貓娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	咪咪
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	貓崽, 小貓咪 childish
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓仔
	Hong Kong	貓仔
	Dongguan	貓仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓仔
Gan	Lichuan	貓崽兒
Gan	Pingxiang	貓崽子
Hakka	Meixian	細貓公
	Yudu	貓子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓幺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓囝囝, 眯囝
Eastern Min	Fuqing	貓囝, 貓囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	貓咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貓囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓囝
	Leizhou	貓囝
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小貓兒
Wu	Wenzhou	貓兒

Dialectal synonyms of 乳房 (“breast”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		乳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乳房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang
	Langfang	咂咂兒
	Ulanhot	咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽
	Tongliao	咂兒, 奶頭
	Chifeng	乳房
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	咂咂兒
	Harbin	奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒
	Singapore	乳房
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	奶膀子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	個個
	Tangshan	悶兒
	Cangzhou	媽媽
	Baoding	媽媽
	Shijiazhuang	媽媽
	Jinan	媽媽, 奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	奶子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	奶子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	奶
	Daming	媽媽
	Wanrong	奶
	Zhengzhou	媽
	Xi'an	奶頭, 奶
	Xining	奶頭
	Xuzhou	媽媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	高高
	Bayanhot	高高, 奶頭
	Lanzhou	苶苶
	Ürümqi	奶子, 高高
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶奶, 包子 humorous
	Wuhan	媽, 媽媽, 奶
	Guiyang	咪咪, 奶
	Kunming	奶
	Guilin	奶
	Liuzhou	奶
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	奶
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	奶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	奶兒, 奶子
	Yangzhou	奶子
	Nantong	奶子
	Hefei	奶頭
	Chuzhou	媽頭子
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	奶奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢆡
	Hong Kong	𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	媽仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	媽仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	𢆡姑
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𢆡姑
	Macau	奶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	𢆡, 奶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	𢆡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	𢆡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	𢆡
	Foshan	𢆡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奶
	Foshan (Shunde)	乳房
	Foshan (Sanshui)	𢆡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	𢆡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	𢆡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	𢆡, 呢仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	𢆡, 奄
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	𢆡
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	奶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	𢆡
	Taishan	𢆡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𢆡
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢆡
	Heshan (Yayao)	𢆡
	Dongguan	𢆡, 奶
	Shaoguan	奶
	Yunfu	𢆡
	Yangjiang	𢆡
	Xinyi	𢆡
	Nanning	奶
	Wuzhou	奶
	Yulin	𢆡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𢆡, 奶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	波
Gan	Nanchang	奶
	Lichuan	奶
	Pingxiang	奶
Hakka	Meixian	奶菇, 奶牯
	Xingning	奶菇, 奶
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	奶
	Huiyang	奶菇
	Huidong (Daling)	奶菇, 奶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	奶牯
	Boluo (Bendihua)	奶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	奶牯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	奶
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	奶菇
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	奶
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	奶牯
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	奶
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	奶牯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	奶
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	奶房, 奶
	Liannan	奶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	奶
	Jiexi	奶菇
	Changting	奶
	Wuping	奶菇
	Wuping (Pingyu)	奶菇
	Ninghua	奶菇
	Yudu	奶
	Ruijin	奶
	Shicheng	奶菇, 奶
	Shangyou (Shexi)	波
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶菇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶菇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶菇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶菇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶菇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶
	Hong Kong	奶菇
	Luchuan	奶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	奶
	Sabah (Longchuan)	奶
	Senai (Huiyang)	奶菇
	Singkawang	奶, 奶菇
Huizhou	Jixi	奶, 奶脯
	Shexian	奶, 媽
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	奶
Jin	Taiyuan	奶, 奶奶
	Xinzhou	奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛
	Taibus (Baochang)	奶
	Linhe	奶頭
	Jining	奶
	Hohhot	牛牛
	Baotou	奶
	Dongsheng	奶
	Haibowan	奶頭
	Zhangjiakou	媽媽
	Handan	妹妹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶, 奶脬, 奶座
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	奶奶, 奶
	Fuzhou (Changle)	奶奶
	Fuqing	奶奶
	Yongtai	奶
	Gutian	奶
	Fu'an	奶
	Ningde	奶
	Shouning	奶
	Zhouning	奶
	Fuding	奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶, 奶仔
	Quanzhou	奶, 奶仔
	Zhangzhou	奶, 奶仔
	Taipei	奶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	奶仔
	Kaohsiung	奶
	Yilan	奶
	Changhua (Lukang)	奶
	Taichung	奶
	Taichung (Wuqi)	奶
	Tainan	奶
	Taitung	奶
	Hsinchu	奶
	Kinmen	奶
	Penghu (Magong)	奶
	Penang (Hokkien)	奶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	奶, 奶仔, 奶奶
	Manila (Hokkien)	奶仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	奶
	Chaozhou	奶
	Shantou	奶
	Jieyang	奶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	奶
	Singapore (Teochew)	奶
	Wenchang	奶
	Haikou	奶
Puxian Min	Putian	奶
Puxian Min	Xianyou	奶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	𢆡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	奶
Wu	Shanghai	奶, 奶奶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	奶
	Suzhou	奶奶
	Danyang	奶奶
	Hangzhou	奶奶
	Ningbo	奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶
	Wenzhou	奶奶, 奶
	Jinhua	奶, 奶窠
Xiang	Changsha	奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish
	Xiangtan	奶痣婆
	Loudi	奶婆
	Shuangfeng	奶婆
	Hengyang	奶婆
	Quanzhou	奶婆, 奶

Adverb

咪咪

Alternative form of 瞇瞇／眯眯 (“smilingly”)