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Mandarin māo
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乂竹廿田
Sijiao 4426.0
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 māo cat / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (dialect) to hide oneself / (coll.) modem
Results beginning with 猫
 māo ér kitten
 māo yǎn peephole / chrysoberyl
 māo nì (coll.) something fishy / shenanigans
 māo xióng see 熊貓|熊猫[xiong2 mao1]
 Māo běn Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本[Mo4 er3 ben3])
 māo bù cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
 māo kē Felidae (the cat family)
 māo kōng Maokong
 māo mī kitty
 māo nì see 貓膩|猫腻[mao1 ni4]
 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
 māo shā cat litter / kitty litter
 Māo Wáng 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[Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 · / Pu3 lei2 si1 li4]
 māo wēn feline panleukopenia / feline distemper
 máo yāo to bend over
 māo yòu see 狐獴[hu2 meng3]
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 māo tóu yīng owl
 Māo ér shān Kitten Mountain, Guangxi
 māo jiào shēng mew
 māo shēng niǎo catbird
 Māo wù zú Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
 māo yǎn r erhua variant of 貓眼|猫眼[mao1 yan3]
 māo zhuā bìng cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever
 māo kū hào zi the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
 māo shǐ kā fēi "kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
 māo shǔ yóu xì cat and mouse game
Approximate Results for 猫
 xióng māo panda / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
 lóng māo chinchilla / Totoro (anime character)
 yě māo wildcat / stray cat
 lán māo Lan
 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
 bào māo leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
 fēi māo winged
 gōng māo male cat / tomcat
 jīn māo Asian
 láng māo (coll.) tomcat
 lǎn māo lazy bones
 níng māo caracal
 shè māo civet (zoology)
 xiǎo māo kitten
 xī māo (neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
 xióng māo male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1]
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 dà xióng māo giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
 Bō sī māo Persian (cat)
 yè māo zi owl / (fig.) night owl
 xiǎo xióng māo lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red panda
 sān jiǎo māo jack of all trades
 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda
 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
 bù ǒu māo ragdoll (cat breed)
 cáng māo māo hide and seek / peek-a-boo
 cáng māo r hide and seek
 dà shān māo Lynx rufus
 dīng dīng māo (dialect) dragonfly
 duǒ māo māo hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game)
 hóng xióng māo lesser Panda / red panda / firefox
 Jiā fēi māo Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
 Kǎi dì Māo Hello Kitty
 líng māo lèi a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
 sān máo māo tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
 sān sè māo calico cat
 shè xiāng māo civet (zoology)
 Tiān māo zuò Lynx (constellation)
 xióng māo guǎn panda exhibition hall
 xióng māo xuè (coll.) Rh-negative blood type
 yě shēng māo wild cat
 yē zi māo Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
 zōng suō māo variant of 棕蓑貓|棕蓑猫[zong1 suo1 mao1]
 zōng suō māo see 蟹獴[xie4 meng3]
 ā māo ā gǒu any Tom, Dick or Harry / anyone (contemptuous)
 zhào māo huà hǔ 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
 fēi zhōu jīn māo African
 hēi māo zhōng duì black
  spotted owl
 qín lǐng dà xióng māo Qinling
 Sū gé lán Zhé ěr māo Scottish Fold
 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
 wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì to play a cat and mouse game
 wò lóng dà xióng māo bǎo hù qū Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan
 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo 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[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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