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Character Decomposition
猫=犭+苗
Etymology
animal
Meanings2 pronunciations
māo
cat
(dialect) to hide oneself
(loanword) (coll.) modem
máo
used in máo yāo
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Words with 猫 140 total
(coll.) tomcat郎猫láng māocat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)猫奴māo núpeephole (in a door) · (mineralogy) chrysoberyl猫眼māo yǎnto bend over; to stoop down · Taiwan pr. māoyāo猫腰máo yāolynx · bobcat · leopard cat山猫shān māopanda · CL: zhī熊猫xióng māowildcat · feral cat; stray cat野猫yě māooptical network terminal (ONT); optical network unit (ONU); optical modem光猫guāng māomale cat · tomcat公猫gōng māo(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats吸猫xī māovery young kitten奶猫nǎi māodomestic cat; house cat家猫jiā māokitten小猫xiǎo māodrowsy or slow-moving cat · (fig.) a lazybones懒猫lǎn māo(slang) to pet a cat撸猫lū māoleopard cat · (literary) various small wild mammals (including raccoon dog, civet, wildcat)狸猫lí māocaracal狞猫níng māotabby cat; calico cat花猫huā māoserval (Leptailurus serval)薮猫sǒu māoleopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)豹猫bào māokitten猫儿māo ércat café猫咖māo kākitty (affectionate term for a cat)猫咪māo mī(ACG) catgirl猫娘māo niáng
Idioms with 猫 10 total Chain
(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)阿猫阿狗ā māo ā gǒuthe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence · crocodile tears猫哭老鼠māo kū lǎo shǔlit. 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 · uninspired imitation照猫画虎zhào māo huà hǔ
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