| 1 | 猫 | 貓 | māo | mao1 | cat; Classifiers: 只 ; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem | | |
| 2 | 猫头鹰 | 貓頭鷹 | māo tóu yīng | mao1 tou2 ying1 | owl | | |
| 3 | 猫奴 | 貓奴 | māo nú | mao1 nu2 | cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular) | | |
| 4 | 不管白猫黑猫,捉住老鼠就是好猫 | 不管白貓黑貓,捉住老鼠就是好貓 | bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo | bu4 guan3 bai2 mao1 hei1 mao1 , zhuo1 zhu4 lao3 shu3 jiu4 shi4 hao3 mao1 | 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 邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity) | | |
| 5 | 布偶猫 | 布偶貓 | bù ǒu māo | bu4 ou3 mao1 | ragdoll (cat breed) | | |
| 6 | 吸猫 | 吸貓 | xī māo | xi1 mao1 | (neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats | | |
| 7 | 红熊猫 | 紅熊貓 | hóng xióng māo | hong2 xiong2 mao1 | lesser Panda; red panda; firefox | | |
| 8 | 猫儿 | 貓兒 | māo ér | mao1 er2 | kitten | | |
| 9 | 猫步 | 貓步 | māo bù | mao1 bu4 | cat-like gait; sashaying gait of a catwalk model | | |
| 10 | 龙猫 | 龍貓 | lóng māo | long2 mao1 | chinchilla; Totoro (anime character) | | |
| 11 | 灵猫 | 靈貓 | líng māo | ling2 mao1 | civet (arboreal cat); viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) | | |
| 12 | 狸猫 | 狸貓 | lí māo | li2 mao1 | leopard cat; raccoon dog; palm civet | | |
| 13 | 郎猫 | 郎貓 | láng māo | lang2 mao1 | (coll.) tomcat | | |
| 14 | 凯蒂猫 | 凱蒂貓 | kǎi dì māo | Kai3 di4 Mao1 | Hello Kitty | | |
| 15 | 加菲猫 | 加菲貓 | jiā fēi māo | Jia1 fei1 mao1 | Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis) | | |
| 16 | 阿猫阿狗 | 阿貓阿狗 | ā māo ā gǒu | a1 mao1 a1 gou3 | any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone (contemptuous) | | |
| 17 | 黑猫 | 黑貓 | hēi māo | Hei1 mao1 | Black cat | | |
| 18 | 公猫 | 公貓 | gōng māo | gong1 mao1 | male cat; tomcat | | |
| 19 | 躲猫猫 | 躲貓貓 | duǒ māo māo | duo3 mao1 mao1 | hide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game) | | |
| 20 | 棕蓑猫 | 棕蓑貓 | zōng suō māo | zong1 suo1 mao1 | variant of 棕蓑貓 |棕蓑猫 [zong1 suo1 mao1]; see 蟹獴 | | |
| 21 | 大熊猫 | 大熊貓 | dà xióng māo | da4 xiong2 mao1 | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) | | |
| 22 | 大山猫 | 大山貓 | dà shān māo | da4 shan1 mao1 | Lynx rufus | | |
| 23 | 藏猫儿 | 藏貓兒 | cáng māo r | cang2 mao1 r5 | hide and seek | | |
| 24 | 藏猫猫 | 藏貓貓 | cáng māo māo | cang2 mao1 mao1 | hide and seek; peek-a-boo | | |
| 25 | 波斯猫 | 波斯貓 | bō sī māo | Bo1 si1 mao1 | Persian (cat) | | |