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夜貓子

夜貓子

See also: 夜猫子

Chinese

night cat; pussy
 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
trad. (夜貓子)
simp. (夜猫子)
Literally: “night cat”.

Noun

夜貓子

  1. (colloquial) owl   (Classifier: m)
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) night owl   (Classifier: m; m)
    夜貓子還是早起 [MSC, trad.]
    夜猫子还是早起 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shì ge yèmāozǐ, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě? [Pinyin]
    Are you a night owl or an early bird?