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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
māo - cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- (dialect) to hide oneself
- (loanword) (coll.) modem
máo - used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2yao1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 2 884 1,420 487

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Animal

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 2 884 1,420 487
熊猫 3 - 7,456 6,799 3,456
猫头鹰 - - 9,231 26,284 12,790
野猫 - - 9,699 36,093 21,358
猫腻 - - 22,722 29,379 23,153
山猫 - - 23,656 24,437 38,796
夜猫子 - - 25,642 37,538 15,125
大熊猫 - 5 33,012 9,190 17,236
小熊猫 - - 37,828 45,640 23,508
猫眼 - - 37,899 37,936 21,016
波斯猫 - - 39,753 63,810 37,839
狸猫 - - 43,771 61,173 34,233
灵猫 - - 45,098 78,503 82,622
猫熊 - - 61,497 102,925 56,693
猫腰 - - 94,978 - -