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māo
HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. cat
  2. 2. (dialect) to hide oneself
  3. 3. (coll.) modem

Example Sentences

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狗追 追鼠。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 482304)

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Words Containing 猫

龙猫
lóng māo

chinchilla

猫王
māo wáng

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star

红熊猫
hóng xióng māo

lesser Panda

大熊猫
dà xióng māo

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

郎猫
láng māo

(coll.) tomcat

猫步
māo bù

cat-like gait

猫声鸟
māo shēng niǎo

catbird

夜猫子
yè māo zi

owl

熊猫
xióng māo

panda

熊猫血
xióng māo xuè

(coll.) Rh-negative blood type

凯蒂猫
kǎi dì māo

Hello Kitty

猫鼠游戏
māo shǔ yóu xì

cat and mouse game

公猫
gōng māo

male cat

猫匿
māo nì

see 貓膩|猫腻[māo nì]

瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi

a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)

灵猫类
líng māo lèi

a civet (arboreal cat)

猫奴
māo nú

cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)

懒猫
lǎn māo

lazy bones

猫雾族
māo wù zú

Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

猫沙
māo shā

cat litter

大山猫
dà shān māo

Lynx rufus

加菲猫
jiā fēi māo

Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)

躲猫猫
duǒ māo māo

hide-and-seek (game)

小猫
xiǎo māo

kitten

雄猫
xióng māo

F-14 Tomcat

藏猫猫
cáng māo māo

hide and seek

猫咪
māo mī

kitty

狸猫
lí māo

leopard cat

波斯猫
bō sī māo

Persian (cat)

阿猫阿狗
ā māo ā gǒu

any Tom, Dick or Harry

椰子猫
yē zi māo

Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat

招财猫
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

猫腰
máo yāo

to bend over

三色猫
sān sè māo

calico cat

猫本
māo běn

Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本[mò ěr běn])

棕蓑猫
zōng suō māo

see 蟹獴[xiè měng]

猫哭老鼠
māo kū lǎo shǔ

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence

照猫画虎
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

熊猫眼
xióng māo yǎn

to have dark circles under one's eyes

猫科
māo kē

Felidae (the cat family)

猫头鹰
māo tóu yīng

owl

猫眼
māo yǎn

peephole

麝猫
shè māo

civet (zoology)

布偶猫
bù ǒu māo

ragdoll (cat breed)

麝香猫
shè xiāng māo

civet (zoology)

猫瘟
māo wēn

feline panleukopenia

猫儿山
māo ér shān

Kitten Mountain, Guangxi

天猫座
tiān māo zuò

Lynx (constellation)

山猫
shān māo

lynx

三毛猫
sān máo māo

tortoiseshell cat

猫鼬
māo yòu

see 狐獴[hú měng]

猫屎咖啡
māo shǐ kā fēi

\kopi luwak\ or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces

狞猫
níng māo

caracal

猫熊
māo xióng

see 熊貓|熊猫[xióng māo]

豹猫
bào māo

leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

叮叮猫
dīng dīng māo

(dialect) dragonfly

灵猫
líng māo

civet (arboreal cat)

卧龙大熊猫保护区
wò lóng dà xióng māo bǎo hù qū

Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan

猫哭耗子
māo kū hào zi

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence

猫儿
māo ér

kitten

吸猫
xī māo

(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats

猫叫声
māo jiào shēng

mew

野生猫
yě shēng māo

wild cat

猫抓病
māo zhuā bìng

cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever

三脚猫
sān jiǎo māo

jack of all trades

小熊猫
xiǎo xióng māo

lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda

野猫
yě māo

wildcat

猫腻
māo nì

(coll.) something fishy