橘猫

橘貓
júmāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 orange cat
  2. 2 ginger cat
  3. 3 orange tabby

Examples

Júmāo tèbié qīnrén, yě tèbié tānchī.
Orange cats are especially affectionate — and especially greedy.
Wǎngshàng shuō shí gè júmāo jiǔ gè pàng.
The internet says nine out of ten orange cats are fat.

Tips

culture
橘猫 is a Chinese internet archetype: the fat, greedy, shameless orange cat. The saying 橘猫还有一个特别 ('nine in ten are fat — the tenth is extra fat') became a viral meme. The orange gene is X-linked, so most orange cats are male.

Stroke Order

māo