The Chinese word for cat is
猫
māo
Chinese Definition
| cat | |
| 1. 名词. 貓 |
Translations for cat and their definitions
| 貓 | |
| 1. cat | |
| 2. (Mandarin, colloquial) to hide oneself | |
| 3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to hang around; to stay somewhere doing nothing | |
| 4. (Cantonese) to get drunk | |
| 5. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) stingy; miserly | |
| 6. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) lecherous; lascivious | |
| 7. (Cantonese, non-productive) person with a non-positive attribute | |
| 花面貓 - someone with a dirty face | |
| 為wai6食貓 - gourmand | |
| 病貓 - someone who is ill or physically weak | |
| 8. (Mandarin, colloquial) to bend | |
| 貓máo腰 - to bend over; to stoop | |
| 9. (Mainland, colloquial) modem |
| 猫 | |
| 1. Variant of 貓 |
| 貓兒 | |
| 1. n. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, chiefly used in children's songs in Cantonese) cat | |
| 2. n. (dialectal Mandarin) female prostitute | |
| 3. n. (Beijing Mandarin, card games) joker | |
| 4. n. kitten |
| 猫儿 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 貓兒 |
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Pronunciation
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