猫

māo · mao/máo · mao

Traditional 貓

Meaning

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māo 貓

  1. cat (CL:隻 / 只 (zhī))
  2. (dialect) to hide oneself
  3. (loanword) (coll.) modem

máo 貓

  1. used in 貓腰 / 猫腰 (máoyāo)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)孩(hái)子(zi)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)狗(gǒu),但(dàn)我(wǒ)更(gèng)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)猫(māo)。

Our children like dogs, but I prefer cats.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)只(zhī)猫(māo)在(zài)沙(shā)发(fā)上(shàng)睡(shuì)了(le)一(yí)下(xià)午(wǔ)。

That cat slept on the sofa all afternoon.

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