雪鞋猫

雪鞋貓
xuěxiémāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Snowshoe cat
  2. 2 Siamese-American Shorthair cross breed

Examples

Xuěxiémāo de sì zhī zhuǎzi xiàng chuānzhe bái wàzi.
A Snowshoe cat's four paws look like they're wearing white socks.
Xuěxiémāo xìnggé wēnhé, xǐhuan niánrén.
Snowshoe cats are gentle in character and love to stick close to people.

Tips

culture
Created in 1960s Philadelphia by breeder Dorothy Hinds-Daugherty, who crossed Siamese with bi-color American Shorthairs. The white feet against dark points gave the breed its name. A photogenic Snowshoe named Grumpy Cat actually had a rare form of dwarfism, not the breed standard.

Stroke Order

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xié
māo