| 猫 | māo | cat; CL:只 |
| 熊猫 | xióng māo | panda; CL:只 |
| 三毛猫 | sān máo māo | tortoiseshell cat; calico cat |
| 三色猫 | sān sè māo | calico cat |
| 公猫 | gōng māo | male cat; tomcat |
| 加菲猫 | Jiā fēi māo | Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis) |
| 夜猫子 | yè māo zi | owl; (fig.) night owl |
| 大山猫 | dà shān māo | Lynx rufus |
| 大熊猫 | dà xióng māo | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 天猫座 | tiān māo zuò | Lynx (constellation) |
| 小熊猫 | xiǎo xióng māo | lesser panda; red panda; firefox |
| 小猫 | xiǎo māo | kitten |
| 山猫 | shān māo | leopard; mountain cat |
| 棕蓑猫 | zōng suō māo | see 蟹獴 |
| 波斯猫 | Bō sī māo | Persian (cat) |
| 照猫画虎 | zhào māo huà hǔ | lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to pretend to do sth without understanding it |
| 熊猫眼 | xióng māo yǎn | to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda |
| 熊猫馆 | xióng māo guǎn | panda exhibition hall |
| 狸猫 | lí māo | leopard cat; raccoon dog; palm civet |
| 狞猫 | níng māo | Lynx caracal |
| 玩猫和老鼠的游戏 | wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì | to play a cat and mouse game |
| 红熊猫 | hóng xióng māo | lesser Panda; red panda; firefox |
| 卧龙大熊猫保护区 | wò lóng dà xióng māo bǎo hù qū | Wolong giant panda nature reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan |
| 藏猫儿 | cáng māor | hide and seek |
| 藏猫猫 | cáng māo māo | hide and seek; peek-a-boo |
| 苏格兰折耳猫 | Sū gé lán Zhé ěr māo | Scottish Fold |
| 豹猫 | bào māo | leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) |
| 猫儿 | māo ér | kitten |
| 猫儿山 | Māo ér shān | Kitten Mountain, Guangxi |
| 猫匿 | māo nì | see 猫腻 |
| 猫叫声 | māo jiào shēng | mew |
| 猫咪 | māo mī | kitty |
| 猫哭老鼠 | māo kū lǎo shǔ | the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears |
| 猫哭耗子 | māo kū hào zi | the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears |
| 猫沙 | māo shā | cat litter; kitty litter |
| 猫王 | Māo Wáng | King of Cats; Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star; transliterated as 埃尔维斯・普雷斯利[Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 · Pu3 lei2 si1 li4] |
| 猫眼 | māo yǎn | peephole |
| 猫眼儿 | māo yǎnr | erhua variant of 猫眼 |
| 猫科 | māo kē | Felidae (the cat family) |
| 猫声鸟 | māo shēng niǎo | catbird |
| 猫腻 | māo nì | trick; something fishy |
| 猫雾族 | Māo wù zú | Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 猫头鹰 | māo tóu yīng | owl |
| 猫鼠游戏 | māo shǔ yóu xì | cat and mouse game |
| 猫鼬 | māo yòu | see 狐獴 |
| 躲猫猫 | duǒ māo māo | hide and seek (game) |
| 野生猫 | yě shēng māo | wild cat |
| 野猫 | yě māo | wildcat; stray cat |
| 阿猫阿狗 | ā māo ā gǒu | any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone (contemptuous) |
| 雄猫 | xióng māo | male cat, usually 公猫; F-14 Tomcat |
