Chinese symbol for “shenanigans”
猫腻
māo nì
Traditional: 貓膩
(coll.) something fishy; shenanigans
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shenanigans is 猫腻 (māo nì), defined as: (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猫腻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熊猫 (熊貓) | xióng māo | panda; 只 (zhī) |
| 猫咪 (貓咪) | māo mī | kitty (affectionate term for a cat) |
| 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 |
| 细腻 (細膩) | xì nì | (of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous |
| 油腻 (油膩) | yóu nì | greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty |
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.