猫窝

貓窩

māowō

noun

Measure Word

一个猫窝 gè

Meanings

1 cat bed
2 cat nest

Characters

Examples

我给我家猫买了个新猫窝。

Wǒ gěi wǒ jiā māo mǎile ge xīn māowō.

I bought a new cat bed for my cat.

它根本不睡猫窝，只睡纸箱。

Tā gēnběn bù shuì māowō, zhǐ shuì zhǐxiāng.

It refuses to sleep in the cat bed and only sleeps in cardboard boxes.

Tips

memory

窝 = nest/lair. The same pattern gives 狗窝 (doghouse), 鸟窝 (bird's nest), and figuratively 被窝 (the warm "nest" inside your quilt).

Stroke Order

猫 māo

窝 wō