只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person) syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center 交配 jiāo pèi mating / copulation (esp. of animals) syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals) / to hunt syn 排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen syn 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals) syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 养殖 養殖 yǎng zhí to raise / to breed (animals etc) syn 动植物 動植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals / flora and fauna syn 管委会 管委會 guǎn wěi huì administrative committee / management committee / abbr. for 管理委員會|管理委员会[guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4] 水族 shuǐ zú collective term for aquatic animals syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn 哀鸣 哀鳴 āi míng (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine / moan / wail syn 生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac syn 畜牧 xù mù to raise animals syn 兽类 獸類 shòu lèi animals syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 计划委员会 計劃委員會 jì huà wěi yuán huì Regional Plan Committee / Plan Committee 飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air syn 常委 cháng wěi standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員會|常务委员会[chang2wu4 wei3yuan2hui4]) / member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員|常务委员[chang2wu4 wei3yuan2]) 管理委员会 管理委員會 guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì administrative committee / management committee 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 家养 家養 jiā yǎng domestic (animals) / home reared 本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 产仔 產仔 chǎn zǐ to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter 中共中央办公厅 中共中央辦公廳 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 养 養 yǎng to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth syn 鱼 魚 yú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) syn 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 牢 láo firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison syn 宰 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn 仔 zǐ (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine / detailed syn 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn 畜 xù to raise (animals) syn 饮 飲 yìn to give (animals) water to drink syn 鸣 鳴 míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) syn 屠 tú to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 活物 huó wù living animals 哮 xiāo pant / roar / bark (of animals) 哮 xiào pant / roar / bark (of animals) / Taiwan pr. [xiao1] 两栖动物 兩棲動物 liǎng qī dòng wù amphibian / amphibious animals 禽 qín (bound form) birds / fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of 擒[qin2] syn 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 啸 嘯 xiào (of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech / to howl / to roar syn 倌 guān keeper of domestic animals / herdsman / (old) hired hand in certain trade syn 交尾 jiāo wěi to copulate (of animals) / to mate syn 国家计划委员会 國家計劃委員會 guó jiā jì huà wěi yuán huì PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 下崽 xià zǎi (of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc 豢 huàn to rear / to raise (animals) syn 栊 櫳 lóng (literary) window / (literary) cage for animals syn 评委 評委 píng wěi evaluation committee / judging panel / judging panel member / adjudicator (abbr. for 評選委員會委員|评选委员会委员[ping2xuan3 wei3yuan2hui4 wei3yuan2]) syn 委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee / commission 会长 會長 huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc 委员 委員 wěi yuán committee member 罗格 羅格 luó gé Logue or Rogge (name) / Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC) 审议 審議 shěn yì (of a committee etc) to deliberate / to consider / to discuss syn 委员长 委員長 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee 居委会 居委會 jū wěi huì neighbourhood committee 村委会 村委會 cūn wěi huì village committee 奥委会 奧委會 ào wěi huì Olympic committee 市委 shì wěi municipal committee 执委会 執委會 zhí wěi huì executive committee (abbr. for 執行委員會|执行委员会[zhi2xing2 wei3yuan2hui4]) 党中央 黨中央 dǎng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the CCP 中央委员会 中央委員會 zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì Central Committee 常委会 常委會 cháng wěi huì standing committee 党委 黨委 dǎng wěi Party committee 省委 shěng wěi provincial Party committee 县委 縣委 xiàn wěi CCP county committee 中共中央 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 常务委员会 常務委員會 cháng wù wěi yuán huì standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress) 军委 軍委 jūn wěi Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee syn 工委 gōng wěi working committee 工作委员会 工作委員會 gōng zuò wěi yuán huì working committee 中央军委 中央軍委 zhōng yāng jūn wěi Central Military Committee (CMC) syn 全体会议 全體會議 quán tǐ huì yì general congress / meeting of the whole committee 国家计委 國家計委 guó jiā jì wěi PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 审计署 審計署 shěn jì shǔ audit office / public accounts committee 贸易委员会 貿易委員會 Trade Committee 奥组委 奧組委 ào zǔ wěi Olympic Organizing Committee (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會組織委員會|奥林匹克运动会组织委员会[Ao4lin2pi3ke4 Yun4dong4hui4 Zu3zhi1 Wei3yuan2hui4]) 国际奥委会 國際奧委會 guó jì ào wěi huì International Olympic Committee 