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猫

māo

HSK 1 Character Traditional 貓 Measure word 只

What 猫 means

1. cat
2. dialectto hide oneself
3. loanwordcolloquialmodem

Other readings

猫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• máoused in {猫腰|máo yāo}

Example sentences

• 猫很聪明
  Māo hěn cōngming
  Cats are smart.
• 猫讨厌水
  Māo tǎoyàn shuǐ
  Cats hate water.
• 我是猫。
  I'm a cat.
• 猫老了。
  The cat is old.
• 我有两只猫
  Wǒ yǒu liǎng zhī māo
  I have two cats.
• 你是猫熊。
  Nǐ shì māoxióng.
  You are a panda.

Words starting with 猫

• 猫头鹰māo tóu yīngowl
• 猫眼māo yǎnpeephole (in a door); (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
• 猫腻māo nì(colloquial) something fishy; shenanigans
• 猫儿māo érkitten
• 猫咖māo kācat café
• 猫奴māo núcat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
• 猫娘māo niáng(anime/games) catgirl
• 猫本Māo běnMelbourne (slang alternative for 墨尔本
• 猫条māo tiáocat treat tube; squeeze-up cat treat
• 猫步māo bùcat-like gait; sashaying gait of a catwalk model
• 猫王Māo WángElvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star; transliterated as 埃爾維斯·埃尔维斯·普雷斯利
• 猫科māo kēFelidae (the cat family)
• 猫粮māo liángcat food
• 猫舍māo shècattery (cat-breeding establishment)
• 猫门māo méncat door; cat flap
• 猫只māo zhī(formal) cat (used in official documents, news reports etc)
• 猫饭māo fàn(colloquial) homemade cat food; rice with bonito flakes…
• 猫儿山Māo ér shānKitten Mountain, Guangxi
• 猫抓病māo zhuā bìngcat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
• 猫声鸟māo shēng niǎocatbird
• 猫薄荷māo bò hecatnip; catmint
• 猫哭老鼠māo kū lǎo shǔthe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 猫哭耗子māo kū hào zithe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 猫鼠游戏māo shǔ yóu xìcat and mouse game

Words containing 猫

• 熊猫xióng māopanda
• 大熊猫dà xióng māogiant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
• 野猫yě māowildcat; feral cat; stray cat
• 花猫huā māotabby cat; calico cat
• 小熊猫xiǎo xióng māolesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
• 光猫guāng māooptical network terminal (ONT); optical network unit (ONU); optical modem
• 公猫gōng māomale cat; tomcat
• 吸猫xī māo(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
• 奶猫nǎi māovery young kitten
• 家猫jiā māodomestic cat; house cat
• 小猫xiǎo māokitten
• 山猫shān māolynx; bobcat; leopard cat
• 过猫guò māo(Taiwan) edible fern fronds (fiddleheads), specifically Diplazium esculentum
• 郎猫láng māo(colloquial) tomcat
• 雄猫xióng māomale cat, usually 公猫
• 灵猫líng māocivet (arboreal cat); viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
• 龙猫lóng māochinchilla; Totoro (anime character)
• 凯蒂猫Kǎi dì māoHello Kitty
• 加菲猫Jiā fēi māoGarfield (the comic-strip cat); (colloquial) flat-faced Persian-type cat…
• 夜猫子yè māo ziowl; (fig.) night owl
• 大山猫dà shān māoLynx rufus
• 天猫座Tiān māo zuòLynx (constellation)
• 布偶猫bù ǒu māoragdoll (cat breed)
• 招财猫zhāo cái māomaneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops…

Characters that look like 猫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 猎lièhunting
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 猖chāngferocious
• 骊líblack horse; jet steed; good horse