动 物 dòng wù animal / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4] 走 兽 zǒu shòu (four-footed) animal / beast 兽 shòu beast / animal / beastly / bestial 变 温 动 物 biàn wēn dòng wù poikilothermal (cold-blooded) animal 动 物 横 町 dòng wù héng tǐng Animal 动 物 解 放 阵 线 dòng wù jiě fàng zhèn xiàn Animal 家 伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon 野 兽 yě shòu beast / wild animal 养 生 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) 生 肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac 怪 兽 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster 残 疾 cán jí disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal 野 生 动 物 yě shēng dòng wù wild animal 牵 头 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) 畜 牧 业 xù mù yè animal husbandry / stock raising / livestock raising 畜 生 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard 催 情 cuī qíng to promote estrus / to bring an animal to heat by artificial means 神 兽 shén shòu mythological animal 喂 养 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal) 玩 偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything 猛 兽 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal 牧 业 mù yè livestock husbandry / animal product industry 饕 餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) 家 畜 jiā chù domestic animal / livestock / cattle 巨 兽 jù shòu giant creature / huge animal 宰 杀 zǎi shā to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher 畜 产 品 xù chǎn pǐn domesticated animal products 捕 杀 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) 逗 弄 dòu nòng to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc) 认 养 rèn yǎng to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own) 辟 邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 兽 皮 shòu pí animal skin / hide 撕 咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 百 兽 bǎi shòu all creatures / every kind of animal 冷 血 动 物 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person 貔 貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier 骡 马 luó mǎ pack animal / horse and mule 叫 春 jiào chūn to caterwaul / to call like an animal in heat 甲 骨 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 劳 役 láo yì forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor 动 物 界 dòng wù jiè animal kingdom 种 畜 zhǒng chù breeding stock (of animal species) / stud 衣 冠 禽 兽 yī guān qín shòu lit. dressed up animal (idiom) / fig. immoral and despicable person 动 物 油 dòng wù yóu animal fat 畜 力 chù lì animal power / animal-drawn (plow etc) 陷 坑 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap 革 gé animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) 困 兽 犹 斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay 口 器 kǒu qì mouthparts (of animal or insect) 卜 辞 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones 食 shí to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse 使 役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) 脚 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks 动 物 性 饲 料 dòng wù xìng sì liào feed made of animal products 虫 chóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic 牲 shēng domestic animal / sacrificial animal 牵 qiān to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in 畜 chù livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal 吼 hǒu to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage 鞭 biān whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food) 爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc 牡 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills 肪 fáng animal fat 槛 jiàn banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart 驮 duò load carried by a pack animal 颉 jié to confiscate / legendary dog-like animal (old) 崽 zǎi child / young animal 豺 chái dog-like animal / ravenous beast / dhole (Cuon Alpinus) / jackal 牝 pìn (of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley 疃 tuǎn village / animal track 獍 jìng a mythical animal that eats its mother 尻 kāo coccyx / tailbone at end of spine / rear joint of meat animal 貔 pí see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 / was the male) 溷 hùn privy / animal pen / muddy / disordered / to disturb 貅 xiū see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 / was the female) 蹯 fán paws of animal 兕 sì animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros) 猹 chá Badger-like wild animal 胠 qū flank of animal / side / to pry open / to steal 虒 sī amphibious animal with one horn 躔 chán (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course 臑 nào biceps (in Chinese medicine) / (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal 毳 cuì crisp / brittle / fine animal hair 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 胔 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal 低 等 动 物 dī děng dòng wù lower animal / primitive life-form 幼 体 yòu tǐ the young (unborn or newborn) of an animal / larva 奥 威 尔 Aò wēi ěr Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984 一九八四年 豸 zhì worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153) 牧 畜 mù xù raising livestock / animal husbandry 畜 肥 chù féi animal manure 畜 类 chù lèi domestic animal 耕 畜 gēng chù draft animal 吽 hǒu roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage 栏 圈 lán quān pen / animal yard 脢 méi meat on the back of an animal 兽 穴 shòu xué animal den 犆 tè male animal 仔 畜 zǐ chù newborn animal