English
- cat
- cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]
- to be drunk
- cat
- (dialect) to hide oneself
- (loanword) (coll.) modem
粵語
- 飲醉；形容飲咗酒之後，神智冇咁清醒
- 哺乳類動物，係常見嘅寵物；有好高嘅跳躍力，夜行，有夜視能力，識得捉老鼠（量詞：隻）
Variants
Words containing 貓
- 熊貓hung4 maau1
panda
- 貓咪maau1 mi1
kitty (affectionate term for a cat)
- 出貓ceot1 maau1
(verb) to cheat in an exam
- 貓女maau1 neoi2
female cat
- 貓隻maau1 zek3
(formal) cat (used in official documents, news reports etc)
- 貓機maau1 gei1
a device used to detect mobile short wave radio used by taxi and truck drivers [colloquial]
- 病貓beng6 maau1
literal meaning or translation: a sick cat; the slang for someone who is weak and always falling sick
- 貓兒maau1 ji1
kitten
- 貓樣maau1 joeng2
ugly face (slang)
- 貓鬚maau1 sou1
cat's whiskers
- 貓紙maau1 zi2
piece of paper written with tips and answers for cheating (slang)
- 貓糧maau1 loeng4
cat food
- 醉貓zeoi3 maau1
drunk (spoken)
- 貓仔maau1 zai2
(noun) kitten
- 賴貓laai3 maau1
(slang) rascally; scoundrelly; roguish; to not admit failure by giving many excuses; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost a game; to deny that one has made a promise; to act as if something never happened
- 貓奴maau1 nou4
cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
- 大熊貓daai6 hung4 maau1
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- 貓頭鷹maau1 tau4 jing1
owl
- 波斯貓bo1 si1 maau1
Persian (cat)
- 家貓gaa1 maau1
domestic cat; house cat
- 打貓daa2 maau1
to nibble [colloquial]
- 死貓sei2 maau1
the blame caused by other's fault; a guilt that a scapegoat is going to bear
- 貓網maau1 mong5
pet screen; cat safety net
- 小熊貓siu2 hung4 maau1
lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda