Chinese symbol for “kitty”
猫咪
māo mī
Traditional: 貓咪
kitty (affectionate term for a cat)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kitty is 猫咪 (māo mī), defined as: kitty (affectionate term for a cat).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猫咪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熊猫 (熊貓) | xióng māo | panda; 只 (zhī) |
| 小猫 (小貓) | xiǎo māo | kitten |
| 大熊猫 (大熊貓) | dà xióng māo | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹) | māo tóu yīng | owl |
| 野猫 (野貓) | yě māo | wildcat; feral cat; stray cat |
| 妈咪 (媽咪) | mā mi | mommy (loanword) |
| 咪咪 | mī mī | oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc; (onom.) meow |
| 咪唑 | mī zuò | imidazole (chemistry) (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kitty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.