只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc Example sentences 他们家有一只狗跟两只猫。 tāmen jiā yǒu yī zhī gǒu gēn liǎng zhī māo. Their home has one dog and two cats 我一直都很想养一只猫头鹰。 wǒ yīzhí dōu hěn xiǎng yǎng yī zhī māotóuyīng. I always wanted to raise an owl