猫

cat / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (dialect) to hide oneself / (coll.) modem

three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao

sprout

lynx / bobcat / leopard cat

owl / (fig.) night owl

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda

male cat / tomcat

Hello Kitty

Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)

(dialect) dragonfly

(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats

Lynx rufus

Lynx (constellation)

kitten

ragdoll (cat breed)

lazy bones

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

Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan

tortoiseshell cat / calico cat

jack of all trades

calico cat

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)