猫 (māo) means Cat. Below are 23 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
小 猫 的毛又白又软。
Xiǎo māo de máo yòu bái yòu ruǎn.
The kitten's fur is white and soft.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 毛
这只 猫 的尾巴很长。
Zhè zhī māo de wěiba hěn cháng.
This cat has a long tail.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 尾巴
小 猫 躲藏在沙发后面。
Xiǎo māo duǒcáng zài shāfā hòumiàn.
The kitten is hiding behind the sofa.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 躲藏
猫 躲在房间的角落里。
Māo duǒ zài fángjiān de jiǎoluò lǐ.
The cat is hiding in the corner of the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 角落
小 猫 在舔自己的爪子。
Xiǎo māo zài tiǎn zìjǐ de zhuǎzi.
The kitten is licking its paw.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舔
这是我的 猫 ,它叫小白。
Zhè shì wǒ de māo, tā jiào Xiǎo Bái.
This is my cat; it is called Xiao Bai.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 它
熊 猫 是我最喜欢的动物。
Xióngmāo shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de dòngwù.
The panda is my favourite animal.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 动物
我们去动物园看熊 猫 吧。
Wǒmen qù dòngwùyuán kàn xióngmāo ba.
Let's go to the zoo to see the pandas.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 熊猫
孩子在墙上画了一只 猫 。
Háizi zài qiáng shàng huà le yì zhī māo.
The child drew a cat on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 墙
小 猫 从院子里逃了出去。
Xiǎo māo cóng yuànzi lǐ táo le chūqù.
The kitten escaped from the yard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 逃
这只小 猫 在街上流浪了很久。
Zhè zhī xiǎo māo zài jiē shang liúlàng le hěn jiǔ.
This kitten wandered the streets for a long time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流浪
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From the graded readers
From the grammar library
我家有三只 猫 。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān zhī māo.
We have three cats.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
Words that contain 猫
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 猫
How is 猫 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 猫 (māo, "Cat"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 猫 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 猫 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 猫 an HSK word?
Yes — 猫 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 猫?
The dictionary page for 猫 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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