猫科

貓科

māokē

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

老虎和家猫都属于猫科。

Lǎohǔ hé jiāmāo dōu shǔyú māokē.

Tigers and house cats both belong to the cat family.

HSK 7-9

雪豹是生活在高山上的大型猫科动物。

Xuěbào shì shēnghuó zài gāoshān shàng de dàxíng māokē dòngwù.

The snow leopard is a big cat that lives high in the mountains.

usage

Almost always in 猫科动物 'felines', which covers lions, tigers, leopards and house cats alike. 科 is the rank 'family' in biology; the dog family is 犬科.

猫 māo

科 kē