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  *猫* | 猫* | *猫
cat (CL:隻|只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
HSK 2
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
HSK 5
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  *猫* | 猫* | *猫
kitty
cat litter
peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
panda / CL: 隻|只
(coll.) something fishy; shenanigans
domestic cat; house cat
lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
kitten
chinchilla / Totoro (anime character)
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
tabby cat; calico cat
cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
wildcat / stray cat
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)
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
to bend over; to stoop down / Taiwan pr. [mao1yao1]
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
(ACG) catgirl
hide and seek
owl
hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game)
F-14 Tomcat
male cat, usually 公貓|公猫
caracal
Persian (cat)
owl / (fig.) night owl
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
calico cat
kitten
see 狐獴
ragdoll (cat breed)
(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
male cat / tomcat
to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda
hide and seek / peek-a-boo
civet (zoology)
catnip; catmint
cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
(coll.) tomcat
serval (Leptailurus serval)
cat food
Lynx rufus
Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本)
lesser Panda / red panda / firefox
Kitten Mountain, Guangxi
cat café
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
civet (zoology)
tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
cat litter / kitty litter
feline panleukopenia / feline distemper
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)
optical network terminal (ONT); optical network unit (ONU); optical modem
Hello Kitty
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
(dialect) dragonfly
Lynx (constellation)
lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
see 蟹獴
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
(coll.) Rh-negative blood type
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan
Scottish Fold
variant of 貓膩|猫腻
cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
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
erhua variant of 貓眼|猫眼
Felidae (the cat family)
catbird
cat door; cat flap
Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
cat and mouse game
wild cat
a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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