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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 猫眼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
猫眼 māo yǎn - peephole (in a door)
- (mineralogy) chrysoberyl

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
- - 37,899 37,936 21,016

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
māo- cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- (dialect) to hide oneself
- (loanword) (coll.) modem
máo- used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2yao1]
yǎn- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
- (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Other Words Containing 猫眼

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
猫眼 - - 37,899 37,936 21,016