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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *貓* | 貓* | *貓
cat (CL:隻|只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
HSK 2
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喵* | 喵* | *喵
(onom.) meow / cat's mewing
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
(coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat); mutt; mixed-breed cat
calico cat
tabby cat; calico cat
cat litter
Persian (cat)
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
ragdoll (cat breed)
Felidae (the cat family)
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
positive ion / cation (physics)
lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
(coll.) mixed-breed cat; moggy
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
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
(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
cat (Internet slang)
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唚* | 唚* | *唚
to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense
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 leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘩* | 嘩* | *嘩
clamor / noise / (bound form) sound used to call cats
a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
positive ion / cation (physics)
cat and mouse game
lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
cat litter / kitty litter
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
wildcat / stray cat
cat café
cat treat tube; squeeze-up cat treat
CAT scan / CT scan
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
(onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咪* | 咪* | *咪
sound for calling a cat
Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
golden British shorthair (cat)
cat door; cat flap
a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
stray cat
male cat / tomcat
male cat, usually 公貓|公猫
cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
wild cat
domestic cat; house cat
category 5 / CAT 5 (cable)
tortoiseshell cat / calico cat
(dialect) sound used to call cats
silver British shorthair (cat)
leopard cat
(coll.) homemade cat food / rice with bonito flakes (simple meal for human consumption) (calque of Japanese "neko manma")
cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
cat food
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虥* | 虥* | *虥
striped wild 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)


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