"猫" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Le caractère 猫

māo
Traditional
Radical
(4 traits)
Number of strokes
12
Structure
gauche et droite
HSK
HSK 1
Cangjie
KHTW 大竹廿田
Sijiao
4426.0
Wubi
QTAL
GB 2312
C3A8
Unicode
U+732B

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples

Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
máo used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2yao1]
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
猫儿 貓兒 māo ér kitten
猫眼 貓眼 māo yǎn peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
猫腻 貓膩 māo nì (coll.) something fishy / shenanigans
猫熊 貓熊 māo xióng see 熊貓|熊猫[xiong2 mao1] syn
猫砂 貓砂 māo shā cat litter
猫腰 貓腰 máo yāo to bend over / to stoop down / Taiwan pr. [mao1yao1]
猫本 貓本 māo běn Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本[Mo4 er3 ben3])
猫步 貓步 māo bù cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
猫咖 貓咖 māo kā cat café
猫科 貓科 māo kē Felidae (the cat family)
猫空 貓空 māo kōng Maokong
猫粮 貓糧 māo liáng cat food
猫门 貓門 māo mén cat door / cat flap
猫咪 貓咪 māo mī kitty
猫匿 貓匿 māo nì variant of 貓膩|猫腻[mao1ni4]
猫娘 貓娘 māo niáng (ACG) catgirl
猫奴 貓奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
猫沙 貓沙 māo shā cat litter / kitty litter
猫王 貓王 māo wáng Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star / transliterated as 埃爾維斯·普雷斯利|埃尔维斯·普雷斯利[Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 · Pu3 lei2 si1 li4]
猫瘟 貓瘟 māo wēn feline panleukopenia / feline distemper
猫鼬 貓鼬 māo yòu see 狐獴[hu2 meng3]
猫头鹰 貓頭鷹 māo tóu yīng owl syn
猫儿山 貓兒山 māo ér shān Kitten Mountain, Guangxi
猫叫声 貓叫聲 māo jiào shēng mew
猫薄荷 貓薄荷 māo bò he catnip / catmint
猫声鸟 貓聲鳥 māo shēng niǎo catbird
猫雾族 貓霧族 māo wù zú Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
猫眼儿 貓眼兒 māo yǎn r erhua variant of 貓眼|猫眼[mao1 yan3]
猫抓病 貓抓病 māo zhuā bìng cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever
猫哭耗子 貓哭耗子 māo kū hào zi the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
猫哭老鼠 貓哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears syn
猫屎咖啡 貓屎咖啡 māo shǐ kā fēi "kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
猫鼠游戏 貓鼠遊戲 māo shǔ yóu xì cat and mouse game
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
熊猫 熊貓 xióng māo panda / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn
山猫 山貓 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat syn
龙猫 龍貓 lóng māo chinchilla / Totoro (anime character)
野猫 野貓 yě māo wildcat / stray cat syn
蓝猫 藍貓 lán māo Lan
狸猫 狸貓 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet syn
灵猫 靈貓 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
家猫 家貓 jiā māo domestic cat / house cat
豹猫 豹貓 bào māo leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) syn
飞猫 飛貓 fēi māo winged
公猫 公貓 gōng māo male cat / tomcat
光猫 光貓 guāng māo optical network terminal (ONT) / optical network unit (ONU) / optical modem
花猫 花貓 huā māo tabby cat / calico cat
金猫 金貓 jīn māo Asian
郎猫 郎貓 láng māo (coll.) tomcat
懒猫 懶貓 lǎn māo drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
奶猫 奶貓 nǎi māo very young kitten
狞猫 獰貓 níng māo caracal
麝猫 麝貓 shè māo civet (zoology)
薮猫 藪貓 sǒu māo serval (Leptailurus serval)
小猫 小貓 xiǎo māo kitten
吸猫 吸貓 xī māo (neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
雄猫 雄貓 xióng māo male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1]
大熊猫 大熊貓 dà xióng māo giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) syn
波斯猫 波斯貓 bō sī māo Persian (cat)
夜猫子 夜貓子 yè māo zi owl / (fig.) night owl syn
小熊猫 小熊貓 xiǎo xióng māo lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red panda syn
三脚猫 三腳貓 sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda
招财猫 招財貓 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune

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