used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]

kitten

panda; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

wildcat; feral cat; stray cat

leopard cat; (literary) various small wild mammals (including raccoon dog, civet, wildcat)

hide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game)

Garfield (the comic-strip cat); (coll.) flat-faced Persian-type cat (esp. an exotic shorthair)

lynx; bobcat; leopard cat

optical network terminal (ONT); optical network unit (ONU); optical modem

male cat; tomcat

(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats

very young kitten

domestic cat; house cat

drowsy or slow-moving cat; (fig.) a lazybones

(slang) to pet a cat

civet (arboreal cat); viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)

caracal

tabby cat; calico cat

serval (Leptailurus serval)

leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

(Tw) edible fern fronds (fiddleheads), specifically Diplazium esculentum

(coll.) tomcat

male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1]

(humorous) person with a strong appetite; greedy eater (used playfully)

civet (zoology)

chinchilla; Totoro (anime character)

tortoiseshell cat; calico cat

sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)

calico cat

(coll.) mixed-breed cat; moggy

Hello Kitty

(dialect) dragonfly

Lynx rufus

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda

ragdoll (cat breed)

maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune

see 蟹獴[xie4 meng3]

Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat

Persian (cat)

stray cat

Dragon Li (modern Chinese cat breed)

lesser Panda; red panda; firefox

hide and seek; peek-a-boo

civet (zoology)

Scottish Fold

it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)