Keyword
cat
- Frequency
- #1405
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
犭 (animal) gives the meaning and 苗 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
猫
cat (CL:只 (zhī)); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
熊猫
panda
猫咪
kitty (affectionate term for a cat)
小猫
kitten
大熊猫
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
猫头鹰
owl
野猫
wildcat; feral cat; stray cat
猫腻
(coll.) something fishy; shenanigans
猫眼
peephole (in a door); (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
猫王
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star; transliterated as 埃爾維斯·埃尔维斯·普雷斯利[Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 · Pu3 lei2 si1 li4]
躲猫猫
hide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game)
猫儿
kitten
山猫
lynx; bobcat; leopard cat
夜猫子
owl; (fig.) night owl
狸猫
leopard cat; (literary) various small wild mammals (including raccoon dog, civet, wildcat)
家猫
domestic cat; house cat
龙猫
chinchilla; Totoro (anime character)
波斯猫
Persian (cat)
招财猫
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
加菲猫
Garfield (the comic-strip cat); (coll.) flat-faced Persian-type cat (esp. an exotic shorthair)
小熊猫
lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
猫科
Felidae (the cat family)
灵猫
civet (arboreal cat); viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
三脚猫
sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)