猫奴

貓奴

māonú

noun

Measure Word

一个猫奴 gè

Meanings

1 cat slave (self-deprecating term for a cat owner)
2 cat devotee

Characters

Examples

我是一个合格的猫奴。

Wǒ shì yī gè hégé de māonú.

I'm a qualified cat slave.

猫奴们每天在网上晒猫。

Māonúmen měitiān zài wǎng shàng shài māo.

Cat owners post pictures of their cats online every day.

Tips

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Jocular neologism, roughly 2013 onward. Mirrors the Japanese 猫奴隷. Compare 铲屎官 (litter-shoveling officer), a sibling self-deprecating title. Dog counterpart: 狗奴 (less common).

Stroke Order

猫 māo

奴 nú