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猫
貓
māo
1. cat
2. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
3. (dialect) to hide oneself
4. (coll.) modem
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

猫
māo
cat
HSK 1 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

公猫
gōngmāo
male cat
小猫
xiǎomāo
kitten
山猫
shānmāo
lynx
懒猫
lǎnmāo
lazy bones
熊猫
xióngmāo
panda
HSK 3
狸猫
límāo
leopard cat
狞猫
níngmāo
Lynx caracal
豹猫
bàomāo
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
猫儿
māoér
kitten
猫匿
māonì
see [[貓膩|猫腻<māonì>]]
猫咪
māomī
kitty
猫沙
māoshā
cat litter
猫熊
māoxióng
see [[熊貓|熊猫<xióngmāo>]]
猫王
MāoWáng
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
猫瘟
māowēn
feline panleukopenia
猫眼
māoyǎn
peephole
猫科
māokē
Felidae (the cat family)
猫腰
máoyāo
to bend over
猫腻
māonì
trick
猫鼬
māoyòu
see [[狐獴<húměng>]]

Example Sentences (2)

桌子下面有个猫。
Zhuō zi xià miàn yǒu gè māo.
There is a cat under the table.
Text 4
那是我的猫，它叫花花。
Nà shì wǒ de māo, tā jiào Huā huā.
That is my cat, it is called Huahua.
Text 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
1,672
Word Frequency Rank
1,011 of 84,292