DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

貓抓病

简猫抓病 · 繁貓抓病

Mandarin · pinyin māo zhuā bìng

cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

貓: māo · cat
抓: zhuā · scratch; clutch, seize, grab
病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease
猫: māo · cat

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–1–4 · mao1 zhua1 bing4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

貓抓病 · find source passages ↗ · 猫抓病 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maau1 zaau2 beng6

Cantonese word readings for 貓抓病. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack