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Pronunciation

貓

maau1

cats

Recorded Cantonese

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When to use it

Use 貓 to name this animal; 隻 is the usual classifier when counting individual animals.

Examples

我鍾意貓

ngo5 zung1 ji3 maau1

I like cats

我唔鍾意貓

ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 maau1

I don’t like cats