猫

māo · máo

cat

Radical: 犭 Strokes: 11 HSK 2

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

独狂狗狼犯猪狱猛猎狎猥狐

Same radical

独狂狗狼犯猪狱猛猎狎猥狐狭犹狡

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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 māo cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)猫奴māo nú peephole (in a door) · (mineralogy) chrysoberyl猫眼māo yǎn to bend over; to stoop down · Taiwan pr. māoyāo猫腰máo yāo lynx · bobcat · leopard cat山猫shān māo panda · CL: zhī熊猫xióng māo wildcat · feral cat; stray cat野猫yě māo

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 gǒu the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence · crocodile tears猫哭老鼠māo kū lǎo shǔ lit. 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