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夜猫子

yè māo zi

3-character word Traditional 夜貓子

What 夜猫子 means

1. owl
2. (fig.) night owl

The characters in 夜猫子

• 夜yènight
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我是个夜猫子。
  Wǒ shì gè yèmāozi.
  I'm a night owl.
• 两点怎么还不睡觉，你这个夜猫子！
  Liǎng diǎn zěnme hái bù shuìjiào, nǐ zhège yèmāozi!
  You stay up until two in the morning. You're such a night owl!
• 两点怎幺还不睡觉，你这个夜猫子！
  You stay up until two in the morning. You're such a night owl!