猫 (貓) māo
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māo
noun
cat
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: For example, 把猫说成虎 'to describe a cat as a tiger' [to exaggerate] (CC-CEDICT '貓'; Guoyu '貓' n 1; Suyu, p. 15; Unihan '貓') -
māo
verb
to hide oneself
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Beijing dialect (Guoyu '貓' v)
Contained in
- 麝香猫(麝香貓) civet
- 三色猫(三色貓) calico cat
- 吸猫(吸貓) to dote on cats
- 叮叮猫(叮叮貓) dragonfly
- 猫睛石(貓睛石) cateye
- 凯蒂猫(凱蒂貓) Hello Kitty
- 龙猫(龍貓) chinchilla / Totoro (anime character)
- 猫腰(貓腰) to bend over
- 天猫座(天貓座) Lynx
- 猫眼(貓眼) chrysoberyl ; peephole
- 夜猫子(夜貓子) owl; (fig.) night owl
- 猫沙(貓沙) cat litter; kitty litter
- 藏猫猫(藏貓貓) hide and seek; peek-a-boo
- 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫(不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓) it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black
- 加菲猫(加菲貓) Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
- 猫瘟(貓瘟) feline panleukopenia; feline distemper
- 猫咪(貓咪) kitty
- 藏猫儿(藏貓兒) hide and seek
- 猫哭老鼠(貓哭老鼠) the cat weeps for the dead mouse; hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears
- 猫腻(貓膩) something fishy; shenanigans
- 三毛猫(三毛貓) tortoiseshell cat; calico cat
- 灵猫类(靈貓類) a civet (arboreal cat); viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
- 小猫(小貓) kitten
- 雄猫(雄貓) a male cat ; F-14 Tomcat
- 瞎猫碰上死耗子(瞎貓碰上死耗子) a blind cat finds a dead mouse ; blind luck
- 野生猫(野生貓) wild cat
- 猫眼儿(貓眼兒) peephole
- 苏格兰折耳猫(蘇格蘭摺耳貓) Scottish Fold
- 熊猫眼(熊貓眼) to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda
- 猫抓病(貓抓病) cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
- 照猫画虎(照貓畫虎) to see a cat and draw a tiger; uninspired imitation
- 猫声鸟(貓聲鳥) catbird
- 狸猫(狸貓) leopard cat; raccoon dog; palm civet
- 公猫(公貓) male cat; tomcat
- 椰子猫(椰子貓) Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
- 猫鼠游戏(貓鼠遊戲) cat and mouse game
- 猫步(貓步) cat-like gait; sashaying gait of a catwalk model
- 铁猫(鐵貓) tiemao
- 猫哭耗子(貓哭耗子) the cat weeps for the dead mouse; hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears
- 猫雾族(貓霧族) Babuza
- 猫头鹰(貓頭鷹) owl
- 山猫(山貓) lynx; bobcat; leopard cat
- 狞猫(獰貓) Lynx caracal
- 大山猫(大山貓) Lynx rufus
- 熊猫血(熊貓血) Rh-negative blood type
- 熊猫(熊貓) panda; giant panda
Also contained in
卧龙大熊猫保护区 、 把猫说成虎 、 猫儿山 、 猫王 、 南泉斩猫
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- 卷六十一 列傳第四十九: 王盟 獨孤信 竇熾 賀蘭祥 叱列伏龜 閻慶 史寧 權景宣 Volume 61 Biographies 49: Wang Meng, Du Guxin, Dou Chi, He Lanxiang, Chilie Fugui, Yan Qing, Shi Ning, Quan Jingxuan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 13
- 卷79 列傳第44 外戚 Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 13
- 卷三百二十三 列傳第二百十一 外國四 琉球 呂宋 合貓里 美洛居 沙瑤吶嗶嘽 雞籠 婆羅 麻葉甕 古麻喇朗 馮嘉施蘭 文郎馬神 Volume 323 Biographies 211: Foreign States 4 - Ryūkyū Islands, Luzon, Camarines Sur, Maluku Islands, Mindanao, Dapitan, Keelung, Borneo, Belitung Island, Gumalalang, Pangasinan, Banjarmasin History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
- 卷一百十九 列傳第六十九: 楊綰 崔祐甫 常袞 Volume 119 Biographies 69: Yang Wan, Cui Youfu, Chang Gun Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 8
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
- 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
- 卷一百四十二 列傳第六十七 李楊崔柳韋路 Volume 142 Biographies 67: New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
- 第五回 Chapter 5 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 3
- 卷一百六十六 列傳第五十三: 王綧 隋世昌 羅璧 劉恩 石高山 鞏彥暉 蔡珍 張泰亨 賀祉 孟德子義 鄭義 張榮實 石抹狗狗 楚鼎 樊楫 張均 信苴日 王昔剌 趙宏偉 Volume 166 Biographies 53: Wang Zhun, Sui Shichang, Luo Bi, Liu En, Shi Gaoshan, Gong Yanhui, Cai Zhen, Zhang Taiheng, He Zhi, Meng Deziyi, Zheng Yi, Zhang Rongshi, Shi Mogougou, Chu Ding, Fan Ji, Zhang Jun, Xin Juri, Wang Xila, Zhao Hongwei History of Yuan 元史 — count: 2
- 卷十七 本紀第十七: 世祖十四 Volume 17 Annals 17: Shizu 14 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 2
Collocations
- 猫鬼 (貓鬼) 詔畜猫鬼 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷2 帝紀第2 高祖下 Volume 2 Annals 2: Gaozu 2 — count: 28
- 猫鼠 (貓鼠) 隴右節度使硃泚于軍士趙貴家得貓鼠同乳不相害 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十一 本紀第十一: 代宗 Volume 11 Annals 11: Daizong — count: 11
- 畜猫 (畜貓) 詔畜猫鬼 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷2 帝紀第2 高祖下 Volume 2 Annals 2: Gaozu 2 — count: 6
- 猫里 (貓裡) 合貓裡 — History of Ming 明史, 卷三百二十三 列傳第二百十一 外國四 琉球 呂宋 合貓里 美洛居 沙瑤吶嗶嘽 雞籠 婆羅 麻葉甕 古麻喇朗 馮嘉施蘭 文郎馬神 Volume 323 Biographies 211: Foreign States 4 - Ryūkyū Islands, Luzon, Camarines Sur, Maluku Islands, Mindanao, Dapitan, Keelung, Borneo, Belitung Island, Gumalalang, Pangasinan, Banjarmasin — count: 5
- 猫蛮 (貓蠻) 青山貓蠻以不莫臺 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷十五 本紀第十五: 世祖十二 Volume 15 Annals 15: Shizu 12 — count: 4
- 迎猫 (迎貓) 迎貓 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
- 令猫 (令貓) 可令貓鬼向越公家 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷79 列傳第44 外戚 Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines — count: 4
- 合猫 (合貓) 合貓裏 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六 本紀第六 成祖二 Volume 6 Annals 6: Chengzu 2 — count: 3
- 虦猫 (虦貓) 虎竊毛謂之虦貓 — Er Ya 爾雅, 《釋獸》 Explanation of Beasts — count: 3
- 猫能 (貓能) 則貓能致功 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements — count: 3