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Definition(s) for: 阿猫阿狗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阿猫阿狗 ā māo - ā gǒu - (idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)

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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
- - - 78,281 48,512

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
Ā- abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1er3ji2li4ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1fu4han4] etc
ā- prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- used in transliteration
- also pr. [a4]
ē- (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
māo- cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- (dialect) to hide oneself
- (loanword) (coll.) modem
máo- used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2yao1]
Ā- abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1er3ji2li4ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1fu4han4] etc
ā- prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- used in transliteration
- also pr. [a4]
ē- (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
gǒu- dog
- CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

Other Words Containing 阿猫阿狗

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo