| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
鴞, 梟, 鴟鵂, 鴟鴞, 角鴟, 梟鳥, 鵋䳢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
夜貓子 |
| Taiwan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Chengde |
夜貓子 |
| Ulanhot |
夜貓子 |
| Tongliao |
夜貓子 |
| Chifeng |
夜貓子 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Heihe |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Qiqihar |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Harbin |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jiamusi |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Baicheng |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Changchun |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Tonghua |
夜貓子 |
| Shenyang |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Jinzhou |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Singapore |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
夜貓子 |
| Tangshan |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Cangzhou |
夜貓子 |
| Baoding |
夜貓子 |
| Shijiazhuang |
夜貓子 |
| Lijin |
夜貓子 |
| Jinan |
夜貓子, 貓頭鷹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Dalian |
貓頭鷹 |
| Dandong |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Yantai |
夜貓子 |
| Yantai (Muping) |
夜貓子, 貓頭兒鷹 |
| Rongcheng |
貓兒頭 |
| Qingdao |
夜貓子 |
| Zhucheng |
夜貓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Lingbao |
幸候, 鴟腳 |
| Jining |
夜貓子 |
| Wanrong |
信猴 |
| Linfen |
鴟關子 |
| Shangqiu |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Yuanyang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhengzhou |
咕咕喵 |
| Xinyang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Baihe |
貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭 |
| Xi'an |
貓頭鷹, 幸候, 鴟鴞 |
| Baoji |
鴟鴞 |
| Tianshui |
夜鴿子 |
| Xining |
恨鶘 |
| Xuzhou |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Fuyang |
貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
夜貓子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Bayanhot |
貓頭鷹 |
| Lanzhou |
恨鶘, 夜貓子 |
| Dunhuang |
鴟鴞子 |
| Ürümqi |
貓頭鷹, 恨鶘兒, 恨鶘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
鬼冬哥, 鬼冬哥兒, 鬼燈哥, 鬼燈哥兒, 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹 |
| Nanchong |
貓頭鷹 |
| Dazhou |
鬼冬哥, 夜市眼兒 |
| Hanyuan |
恨鶘, 鬼燈哥兒 |
| Xichang |
貓頭鷹, 恨鶘 |
| Zigong |
貓頭鷹, 鬼冬哥兒 |
| Chongqing |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Wuhan |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Yichang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Xiangyang |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Tianmen |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guiyang |
貓頭鷹, 鬼敦哥, 鬼冬哥 |
| Zunyi |
夜貓子 |
| Bijie |
鬼冬哥 |
| Liping |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 貓哭鳥 |
| Zhaotong |
恨鶘 |
| Shuifu |
撐哥子, 鬼金冠兒 |
| Daguan |
鬼登科 |
| Dali |
貓頭鷹 |
| Kunming |
貓頭鷹 |
| Mengzi |
恨鶘 |
| Lancang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guilin |
貓頭鷹 |
| Liuzhou |
貓頭鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Nanning (Wuming) |
貓頭鷹, 田雞鳥 |
| Jishou |
咕嚕頭兒, 挖孔雀 |
| Changde |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hanzhong |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Dagudi (Maliba) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Reshuitang (Longling) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yangzhou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Lianyungang |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Lianshui |
貓頭鷹 |
| Nantong |
貓頭兒鷹 |
| Anqing |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Wuhu |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hefei |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hong'an |
恨鶘, 喚葫蘆 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭鷹 |
| Hong Kong |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) |
枕虼 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Macau |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Foshan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Taishan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Taishan (Guanghai) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Dongguan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Qingyuan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Fogang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yangshan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shaoguan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Renhua |
貓頭鳥 |
| Lechang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Sihui |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guangning |
貓頭鷹 |
| Deqing |
貓頭鷹 |
| Huaiji |
冚木雀 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yunfu |
貓頭鷹 |
| Xinxing |
貓頭鷹 |
| Luoding |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yangjiang |
鬼勾雀, 鬼勾 |
| Xinyi |
貓頭鷹 |
| Lianjiang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Nanning |
貓頭鷹 |
| Nanning (Tanka) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Wuzhou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Yulin |
貓頭鷹 |
| Rongxian |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hepu (Shatian) |
鬼雀 |
| Guiping |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guiping (Mule) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Pingnan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guigang (Gangcheng) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guigang (Pingdong) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Beihai |
貓頭鷹 |
| Beihai (Nankang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Beihai (Yingpan) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Danzhou |
咕咮 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Sarikei (Xinhui) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Móng Cái |
貓頭鷹 |
| Mandalay (Taishan) |
大貓鼠 |
| Bangkok (Guangfu) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Betong (Rongxian) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
夜哇子, 貓頭鷹 |
| Pengze |
貓頭鷹 |
| Lichuan |
大頭鳥 |
| Pingxiang |
貓公鳥 |
| Liuyang |
貓公鳥哩 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
貓頭鳥, 貓頭翁, 貓頭鷹 |
| Dabu (Xihe) |
貓頭鳥, 大目狗頂 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
貓頭鳥, 目睡鳥, 老人鳥 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
目睡牯, 老人鳥 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
貓頭牯 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jiexi |
貓頭鷹 |
| Luhe |
貓頭鷹 |
| Changting |
貓頭鳥 |
| Longyan (Yongding) |
大目狗頂 |
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) |
大目狗頂 |
| Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Wuping |
貓頭鳥 |
| Wuping (Zhongshan) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Liancheng (Peitian) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Liancheng (Zhongbao) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Liancheng (Laiyuan) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Yudu |
貓頭鳥, 貓狸鳥 |
| Ruijin |
貓頭鳥 |
| Shicheng |
貓狼孩 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Hong Kong |
貓頭鳥 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Chengdu (Longtan) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Chengdu (Shiling) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Chengdu (Longwang) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Chengdu (Shibantan) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Chengdu (Hexingchang) |
貓頭鳥, 鬼燈哥 |
| Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) |
鬼燈科 |
| Yilong (Ma'an) |
夜貓子 |
| Xichang (Huanglianguan) |
恨鶘 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) |
大目狗頂 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Singkawang |
貓頭鳥 |
| Bangkok (Meixian) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Bangkok (Fengshun) |
大目狗頂 |
| Bangkok (Jiexi) |
大目鳥 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
夜鴣 |
| Shexian |
貓頭鷹 |
| Fuliang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 咶咶油 |
| Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) |
鴟怪子, 咶咶油 |
| Taiyuan (Jinyuan) |
鴰鴰鷂, 貓頭鷹 |
| Pingyao |
信虎 |
| Yangyuan |
突死叫 |
| Datong |
貓性鶻 |
| Xinzhou |
禿嘶角 |
| Lüliang (Lishi) |
貓頭鷹, 信虎 |
| Changzhi |
突叫, 信虎 |
| Taibus (Baochang) |
突鴟怪 |
| Linhe |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 鴟怪子 |
| Jining |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hohhot |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 禿死怪 |
| Baotou |
貓頭鷹, 禿鴟怪 |
| Dongsheng |
鴟怪子 |
| Haibowan |
夜貓子, 鴟怪子 |
| Erenhot |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Pingshan |
鴰鴰黝 |
| Zhangjiakou |
夜貓子 |
| Handan |
貓頭鷹, 夜貓子 |
| Linzhou |
咕咕喵兒 |
| Suide |
恨鶘 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
牯頂鷂, 牯頂仔 |
| Wuyishan |
貓仔頭 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
貓仔頭 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Fuqing |
貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Yongtai |
貓王鳥 |
| Gutian |
鴣王囝 |
| Fu'an |
貓狸頭鴣鳥 |
| Ningde |
貓狸鳥 |
| Shouning |
貓咪頭鳥 |
| Zhouning |
鴣翁 |
| Fuding |
貓咪鳥 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
暗光鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Quanzhou |
暗光鳥, 鴣黃, 貓頭鷹 |
| Yongchun |
鴣黃貓 |
| Zhangzhou |
暗光鳥, 暗鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) |
虎舅鳥 |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
鴣黃 |
| Nanjing |
虎舅鳥 |
| Pinghe |
鴣黃 |
| Yunxiao |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhao'an |
貓頭鷹 |
| Dongshan |
暗鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Taipei |
暗光鳥 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Kaohsiung |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) |
暗光鳥 |
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) |
暗光鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao) |
暗光鳥仔, 鴣黃 |
| Yilan |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Yilan (Luodong) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Yilan (Toucheng) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Changhua (Yongjing) |
貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥 |
| Taichung |
貓頭鳥 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Tainan |
暗光鳥, 鴣黃 |
| Tainan (Anping) |
暗光鳥 |
| Taitung |
貓頭鳥 |
| Hsinchu |
貓頭鳥 |
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Kinmen |
暗光鳥 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥 |
| Penghu (Xiyu) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹, 貓頭鳥 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥 |
| Longyan |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) |
牯頂 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Chaozhou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shantou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Jieyang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Hat Yai (Teochew) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Pontianak (Teochew) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Wenchang |
鴣黃 |
| Haikou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
貓狸鷹 |
| Xianyou |
古門貓 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
古董鳥, 貓仔頭鷂 suburbs |
| Shaojiang Min |
Shaowu |
大頭鳥 |
| Jiangle |
棉蓬蘢 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Dahe) |
貓兒頭鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Shehua |
Sanming |
貓頭鳥 |
| Shunchang |
貓頭鳥 |
| Guixi (Zhangping) |
貓頭鳥 |
| Lishui |
貓頭鷂 |
| Waxiang |
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) |
野貓子 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shanghai (Songjiang) |
搖鈴鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Shanghai (Jiading) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
夜貓 |
| Suzhou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Wuxi |
貓頭鷹 |
| Danyang |
貓頭鷹 |
| Hangzhou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Ningbo |
竹萑, 貓頭鷹 |
| Wenzhou |
竹萑, 老竹, 貓頭鷹 |
| Jinhua |
貓局瘟 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
貓頭鳥, 貓哭鳥, 貓頭鷹 |
| Xiangtan |
哭鳥 |
| Miluo (Changle) |
貓嘴鳥, 喔鳥, 喔鳥⿰口姐 |
| Loudi |
哭鳥子, 夜貓子 |
| Shuangfeng |
哭鳥 |
| Hengyang |
哭鳥 |
| Quanzhou |
貓頭鷹 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua |
Jiangyong |
貓關鳥 |
| Dong'an |
包子鳥唧 |
| Yuebei Tuhua |
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) |
貓頭牯 |
| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) |
貓頭鷹 |
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) |
貓頭牯 |
| Renhua (Zhoutian) |
貓頭雀 |
| Renhua (Shitang) |
貓咪頭 |
| Lechang (Changlai) |
貓牯頭 |
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) |
貓頭鳥 |