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"tabby cat" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
花猫 花貓 huā māo tabby cat / calico cat
Chinese Pinyin Translation
野猫 野貓 yě māo wildcat / stray cat syn
露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
马脚 馬腳 mǎ jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag") syn
飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn
山猫 山貓 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat syn
波斯猫 波斯貓 bō sī māo Persian (cat)
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)
呼噜 呼嚕 hū lū (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring syn
家猫 家貓 jiā māo domestic cat / house cat
石虎 shí hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
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
猫 貓 māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
咪 mī sound for calling a cat
喵 miāo (onom.) meow / cat's mewing syn
猫砂 貓砂 māo shā cat litter
照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhào māo huà hǔ lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation syn
狸子 lí zi leopard cat syn
貍 lí wild cat
譁 huá variant of 嘩|哗, cat-calling sound / clamor / noise
泄漏天机 泄漏天機 xiè lòu tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
泄露天机 泄露天機 xiè lù tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
漏泄天机 漏洩天機 lòu xiè tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
火中取栗 huǒ zhōng qǔ lì lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
三毛猫 三毛貓 sān máo māo tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
猫抓病 貓抓病 māo zhuā bìng cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓 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)
猫门 貓門 māo mén cat door / cat flap
串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat
第五类 第五類 dì wǔ lèi category 5 / CAT 5 (cable)
虥 zhàn striped wild cat
豹猫 豹貓 bào māo leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) syn
三色猫 三色貓 sān sè māo calico cat
公猫 公貓 gōng māo male cat / tomcat
加菲猫 加菲貓 jiā fēi māo Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
好奇会吃苦头的 好奇會吃苦頭的 hào qí huì chī kǔ tou de Curiosity killed the cat.
玩猫和老鼠的游戏 玩貓和老鼠的遊戲 wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì to play a cat and mouse game
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
猫沙 貓沙 māo shā cat litter / kitty litter
猫科 貓科 māo kē Felidae (the cat family)
猫鼠游戏 貓鼠遊戲 māo shǔ yóu xì cat and mouse game
野生猫 野生貓 yě shēng māo wild cat
阿瑟镇 阿瑟鎮 ā sè zhèn Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
雄猫 雄貓 xióng māo male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1]
灵猫类 靈貓類 líng māo lèi a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
兔狲 兔猻 tù sūn Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
猫步 貓步 māo bù cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
计算机辅助翻译工具 計算机輔助翻譯工具 jì suàn jī fǔ zhù fān yì gōng jù computer-assisted translation tools / CAT tools
CAT工具 cātgong jù computer-assisted translation tools / CAT tools
懒猫 懶貓 lǎn māo drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
电脑断层扫描 電腦斷層掃描 diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo CAT scan / CT scan
喵星人 miāo xīng rén cat (Internet slang)
椰子猫 椰子貓 yē zi māo Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
毛孩子 máo hái zi child / kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat) syn
不要在一棵树上吊死 不要在一棵樹上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
布偶猫 布偶貓 bù ǒu māo ragdoll (cat breed)
猫奴 貓奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
猫咖 貓咖 māo kā cat café
猫粮 貓糧 māo liáng cat food
去爪 qù zhuǎ to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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