猫 māo

cat

HSK 1 #1673

DEFINITIONS

猫 māo
  • cat
  • CL:隻|只[zhi1]
  • (dialect) to hide oneself
  • (coll.) modem

STROKES

猫 stroke order diagram
猫 stroke order animation

WORDS

熊猫 xióng māo
HSK 3
panda; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
猫头鹰 māo tóu yīng owl
野猫 yě māo wildcat; stray cat
猫腻 māo nì (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans
山猫 shān māo lynx; bobcat; leopard cat
夜猫子 yè māo zi owl; (fig.) night owl
大熊猫 dà xióng māo giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
小熊猫 xiǎo xióng māo lesser panda; red panda; firefox
猫眼 māo yǎn peephole; chrysoberyl
波斯猫 bō sī māo Persian (cat)
狸猫 lí māo leopard cat; raccoon dog; palm civet
灵猫 líng māo civet (arboreal cat); viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
猫熊 māo xióng see 熊貓|熊猫[xiong2 mao1]
猫腰 máo yāo to bend over
三毛猫 sān máo māo tortoiseshell cat; calico cat
三脚猫 sān jiǎo māo jack of all trades
三色猫 sān sè māo calico cat
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo ， zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
公猫 gōng māo male cat; tomcat
凯蒂猫 kǎi dì māo Hello Kitty
加菲猫 jiā fēi māo Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
叮叮猫 dīng dīng māo (dialect) dragonfly
吸猫 xī māo (neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
大山猫 dà shān māo Lynx rufus
天猫座 tiān māo zuò Lynx (constellation)
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