I’m a cat lover. In a move that’s expected to increase the bandwidth load on my server, I have decided to put up some cat photos here, alongside some supplementary information on Ming.

You can skip the background information and look straight at the photos.

Etymology

Why the cat ended up being named Ming is unknown, as I did not name them. I discovered the cat’s name when I was roaming around the neighborhood looking for them, and ended up in a casual conversation with one of the residents, who told me in passing, that the cat was named Ming.

Where “Ming” itself comes from is unknown. Solo_Camping_Girl, a Reddit user, theorizes that “ming ming sounds like the meows of kittens, same as mew mew is how english voice actions [sic] portray meowing kittens.”

Barokespinoza23 states that a similar-sounding term, “Mimi” (咪咪), is the generic name for a cat in China. It is an onomatopoeia from the cat’s meow, and is also used for calling cats over.

Ming

Now onto Ming’s general features. Ming’s gender is unknown. Their fur is primarily white, except for the tail and a small area above their face, on the head, which is black.

I have not seen the cat in many months. They are presumably still alive, but the times that I leave the house may not always align with Ming’s general patterns of activity. I also have yet to make initial physical contact with the cat; the cat moved away from me when I attempted to approach them in the past. I might try again, but I would have to be a lot more careful. And thankfully, I now know about extending one’s arm out to the cat to allow them to smell it, so I should try that next time.

Photos

Enough with the etymology, let’s get on to what matters most: the cat photos. We do deeply apologize for the bandwidth hog.