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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)

懒猫
lǎnmāo
lazy bones
雄猫
xióngmāo
male cat, usually [[公貓|公猫<gōngmāo>]]
豹猫
bàomāo
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
猫儿
māoér
kitten
龙猫
lóngmāo
chinchilla
猫匿
māonì
see [[貓膩|猫腻<māonì>]]
熊猫
xióngmāo
panda
HSK 3
猫咪
māomī
kitty
雄猫
Xióngmāo
F-14 Tomcat
野猫
yěmāo
wildcat
公猫
gōngmāo
male cat
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
狸猫
límāo
leopard cat
猫科
māokē
Felidae (the cat family)
狞猫
níngmāo
Lynx caracal
猫腰
máoyāo
to bend over

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