加菲猫

加菲貓
jiāfēimāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Garfield (the comic-strip cat)
  2. 2 Exotic Shorthair cat (flat-faced Persian type)

Examples

HSK 6
加菲猫千层面
Jiāfēimāo zuì ài chī qiāncéngmiàn.
Garfield loves lasagna the most.
HSK 7-9
Tā yǎng le yì zhī jiāfēimāo, liǎn biǎnbiǎn de tèbié méng.
She has an Exotic Shorthair - its flat face is so cute.

Tips

usage
Two meanings: (1) the American cartoon cat Garfield; (2) by extension, the Exotic Shorthair breed whose flat round face and squashed nose resemble the cartoon. When Chinese cat lovers say they own a 加菲猫, they almost always mean the breed.

In Pop Culture

加菲猫 Jiāfēimāo
Garfield
Jim Davis's lasagna-obsessed, Monday-hating orange tabby - hugely popular in China since the 1990s newspaper translations.

Stroke Order

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fēi
māo