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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *猫* | 猫* | *猫
cat (CL:隻|只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喵* | 喵* | *喵
(onom.) meow / cat's mewing
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咪* | 咪* | *咪
sound for calling a cat
cat litter
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哗* | 哗* | *哗
clamor / noise / (bound form) sound used to call cats
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
domestic cat; house cat
civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
tabby cat; calico cat
cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
wildcat / stray cat
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
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
lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吣* | 吣* | *吣
to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虥* | 虥* | *虥
striped wild cat
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
positive ion / cation (physics)
leopard cat
ragdoll (cat breed)
(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
male cat, usually 公貓|公猫
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
male cat / tomcat
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
category 5 / CAT 5 (cable)
cat food
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
cat café
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
positive ion / cation (physics)
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
cat litter / kitty litter
calico cat
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)
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
(onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring
cat (Internet slang)
(dialect) sound used to call cats
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
Persian (cat)
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
Felidae (the cat family)
cat door; cat flap
cat and mouse game
wild cat
Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
CAT scan / CT scan
a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)


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