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  *貓* | 貓* | *貓
cat (CL:隻|只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
HSK 2
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
HSK 5
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
caracal
panda / CL: 隻|只
kitten
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
calico cat
sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
tabby cat; calico cat
cat litter
Persian (cat)
hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game)
ragdoll (cat breed)
Felidae (the cat family)
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
(ACG) catgirl
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star / transliterated as 埃爾維斯·普雷斯利|埃尔维斯·普雷斯利
lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
(coll.) mixed-breed cat; moggy
civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *貓* | 貓* | *貓
kitten
(dialect) dragonfly
Hello Kitty
Lynx (constellation)
(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
lesser Panda / red panda / firefox
(coll.) tomcat
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
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
(coll.) something fishy; shenanigans
(coll.) Rh-negative blood type
kitty
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本)
catnip; catmint
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
chinchilla / Totoro (anime character)
cat and mouse game
Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan
cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
cat litter / kitty litter
see 狐獴
hide and seek
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
wildcat / stray cat
cat café
cat treat tube; squeeze-up cat treat
peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
optical network terminal (ONT); optical network unit (ONU); optical modem
Kitten Mountain, Guangxi
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
civet (zoology)
cat door; cat flap
owl
a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
stray cat
male cat / tomcat
Scottish Fold
F-14 Tomcat
male cat, usually 公貓|公猫
cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
wild cat
domestic cat; house cat
to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda
(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)
owl / (fig.) night owl
catbird
tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
feline panleukopenia / feline distemper
to bend over; to stoop down / Taiwan pr. [mao1yao1]
civet (zoology)
(coll.) homemade cat food / rice with bonito flakes (simple meal for human consumption) (calque of Japanese "neko manma")
erhua variant of 貓眼|猫眼
(Tw) edible fern fronds (fiddleheads), specifically Diplazium esculentum
hide and seek / peek-a-boo
cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
cat food
serval (Leptailurus serval)
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Lynx rufus
see 蟹獴
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
variant of 貓膩|猫腻


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