Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 貓

used in 貓腰／猫腰 (máoyáo)

cat (CL:隻／只 (zhī))
(dialect) to hide oneself
(loanword) (coll.) modem

serval (Leptailurus serval)

leopard cat
raccoon dog
palm civet

Felidae (the cat family)

peephole (in a door)
(mineralogy) chrysoberyl

see 貓膩／猫腻 (māonì)

chinchilla
Totoro (anime character)

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
transliterated as 埃爾維斯·普雷斯利／埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 ( Aī'ěrwéisī· Pǔléisīlì)

kitty

cat-like gait
sashaying gait of a catwalk model

caracal

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

(coll.) something fishy
shenanigans

cat door; cat flap

see 狐獴 (húměng)

lynx
bobcat
leopard cat

cat litter
kitty litter

male cat, usually 公貓／公猫 (gōngmāo)

see 熊貓／熊猫 (xióngmāo)

panda
CL:隻／只 (zhī)

cat café

male cat
tomcat

wildcat
stray cat

leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

kitten

(coll.) tomcat

(ACG) catgirl

to bend over; to stoop down
Taiwan pr. (māoyāo)

cat litter

cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)

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

(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats

kitten

civet (zoology)

feline panleukopenia
feline distemper

Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本／墨尔本 ( Mò'ěrběn))

F-14 Tomcat

(dialect) dragonfly

ragdoll (cat breed)

sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)

Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

(coll.) Rh-negative blood type

see 蟹獴 (xièměng)

māojiàoshēng

mew

Lynx (constellation)

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

catnip; catmint

tortoiseshell cat
calico cat

Persian (cat)

māoshēngniǎo

catbird

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

xiǎoxióngmāo

lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda

hóngxióngmāo

lesser Panda
red panda
firefox

owl
(fig.) night owl

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

owl

hide and seek

Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)

Hello Kitty

civet (zoology)

wild cat

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

erhua variant of 貓眼／猫眼 (māoyǎn)

cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever

Lynx rufus

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

hide and seek
peek-a-boo

calico cat

Kitten Mountain, Guangxi

to have dark circles under one's eyes
to have eyes like a panda

māoshǔyóuxì

cat and mouse game

(coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
crocodile tears

māoshǐkāfēi

"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces

zhàomāohuàhǔ

lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
uninspired imitation

māokūlǎoshǔ

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
crocodile tears

Sūgélán Zhé'ěrmāo

苏格兰折耳猫

[蘇格蘭摺耳貓]

Scottish Fold

xiāmāopèngshàngsǐhàozi

瞎猫碰上死耗子

[瞎貓碰上死耗子]

a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
blind luck

Wòlóng Dàxióngmāo Bǎohùqū

卧龙大熊猫保护区

[臥龍大熊貓保護區]

Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan

bùguǎnbáimāohēimāo,zhuōzhùlǎoshǔjiùshìhǎomāo

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]

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 ( Dèng Xiǎopíng) in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)