白猫

白貓
báimāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 white cat

Examples

Zhè zhī báimāo de yǎnjīng yī zhī lán yī zhī huáng.
This white cat has one blue eye and one yellow eye.
Bùguǎn hēimāo báimāo, néng zhuā lǎoshǔ jiù shì hǎomāo.
Black cat or white cat — if it catches mice, it's a good cat.

Tips

culture
Paired with 黑猫 in Deng Xiaoping's famous pragmatism slogan 不管黑猫白猫老鼠就是. Pure-white cats with two different-colored eyes (鸳鸯) are especially prized and are a common trait in the native Chinese 山东狮子 (Shandong Lion Cat).

Stroke Order

bái
māo