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xiǎo māo
koneko
小猫 / 小貓 means kitten (literally: little cat) in Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
猫 / 貓 means cat or pussy. A common name for feline friends in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
There is a more complex alternate form of this cat character. If you want this form, please click on the character at the right, instead of the button above.
bù guǎn hēi māo bái māo néng zhuō zhe lǎo shǔ de jiù shì hǎo mǎo
This literally translates as: It doesn't matter [if a] cat [is] black [or] white, [as long as it] can catch mice, it's a good cat.
This proverb was either composed or made famous by Deng XiaoPing in 1961 when he exclaimed, "I don't care if it's a white cat or a black cat. It's a good cat so long as it catches mice" when his critics pointed out that his ideas were Capitalistic (free market). The response was meant to say, "It does not matter if it's Communist or Capitalist, as long as it works."
This Chinese proverb can be used to suggest one should disregard looks or a person's race, as long as they can do the job. It can also be used as a metaphor for many other situations.
Deng XiaoPing probably saved China from collapse (as the Soviet Union experienced). He changed China's economy from pure Communism to a hybrid where the free market (Capitalism) is encouraged. More about Deng XiaoPing
豹 is the Chinese and Japanese word for the big cat known as a leopard, panther or Jaguar.
This can refer to most cats of the Panthera genus as well as the Puma genus (but this is not used for most kinds of lions, except smaller ones like the mountain lion).
Because Jaguars are not native to Asia, the characters for "American continent" is usually added before this character to specifically designate a Jaguar.
This also kind of means Panther or Leopard in Korean Hanja but in modern Korean, they add a Hangul character to complete the word.
cí shī
雌獅 is how to write "lioness" in Chinese.
Note: 雌獅 is not a very common title for a wall scroll in China. Perhaps because lions are not indigenous to China. Though oddly enough, rarity of lions made them very prized - and lion dances are a popular festival attraction.
If you do see name of this species of animal written on a wall scroll, it's more likely to be the masculine form of "lion."
hé dōng shī hǒu
河東獅吼 is actually a proverb and joke about the plight and fear of a hen-pecked husband.
In more ancient times it was used to describe a wife who would berate her husband or go into jealous rages. However, this phrase currently brings about ideas of a husband that cowers in fear and cringes when his wife screams (or roars) at him.
Please only purchase this as a good-natured joke. If your wife or husband does not have a good sense of humor, it's probably not a good idea to hang this on your wall just to irritate your mate.
dà xióng māo
大熊貓 is how to write "giant panda" in Chinese. 大熊貓 is specific to the "giant panda" which has black and white fur. Not to be confused with other types of smaller pandas in China.
The literal meaning of these characters is "great/big bear cat." Chinese do, in fact, think of pandas as "cat-like bears."
Note: In Japanese, they only express Giant Panda in Katakana, which is ジャイアント パンダ” (Jaianto Panda). So we have not included that for wall scroll orders.
xióng māo
熊貓 is how to write "panda" in Chinese. 熊貓 is kind of a generic term that is applied to all pandas. When most people think of panda bears, they are really thinking of the "giant panda" which has black and white fur.
The literal meaning of these characters are "bear cat." Chinese do, in fact, think of pandas as "cat-like bears."
katorikku
加特力 is the Japanese title for Catholic.
This can refer to a person, or the church. It is meant to sound like the western word "Catholic." It sounds like "cat-toe-ree-cou."
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Kitten Young Cat Little Cat |
小猫 / 小貓 小猫 | koneko | xiǎo māo / xiao3 mao1 / xiao mao / xiaomao | hsiao mao / hsiaomao |
| Cat Pussycat |
猫 / 貓 猫 | neko | māo / mao1 / mao | |
| Black or white cat matters not as long as it can catch mice | 不管黑貓白貓能捉著老鼠的就是好貓 不管黑猫白猫能捉着老鼠的就是好猫 | bù guǎn hēi māo bái māo néng zhuō zhe lǎo shǔ de jiù shì hǎo mǎo bu4 guan3 hei1 mao1 bai2 mao1 neng2 zhuo1 zhe lao3 shu3 de jiu4 shi4 hao3 mao3 bu guan hei mao bai mao neng zhuo zhe lao shu de jiu shi hao mao |
pu kuan hei mao pai mao neng cho che lao shu te chiu shih hao mao | |
| Cheetah | 獵豹 猎豹 | liè bào / lie4 bao4 / lie bao / liebao | lieh pao / liehpao | |
| Cheetah | 狩猟豹 | shuryouhyou shuryohyo | ||
| Leopard Panther Jaguar |
豹 | hyou / hyo | bào / bao4 / bao | pao |
| Lion | 獅子 狮子 | shishi | shī zǐ / shi1 zi3 / shi zi / shizi | shih tzu / shihtzu |
| Lion | 雄獅 雄狮 | xióng shī xiong2 shi1 xiong shi xiongshi |
hsiung shih hsiungshih |
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| Lioness | 雌獅 雌狮 | cí shī / ci2 shi1 / ci shi / cishi | tz`u shih / tzushih / tzu shih | |
| Roar of the Lioness | 河東獅吼 河东狮吼 | hé dōng shī hǒu he2 dong1 shi1 hou3 he dong shi hou hedongshihou |
ho tung shih hou hotungshihhou |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
