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) 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 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 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 抢滩 搶灘 qiǎng tān to make an amphibious assault / to seize a beachhead / to gain a foothold in (a new market) 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 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 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 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] 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 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 驭手 馭手 yù shǒu person in charge of pack animals / chariot driver syn 欺生 qī shēng to cheat strangers / to bully strangers / (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with unfamiliar people syn 虒 sī amphibious animal with one horn 胑 zhī wings of birds / legs of animals 珍禽奇兽 珍禽奇獸 zhēn qín qí shòu rare animals and birds 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / animals who are dangerous to man and cattle / fierce and cruel people syn 两栖舰船 兩棲艦船 amphibious ship / amphibious craft 弹涂鱼 彈塗魚 tán tú yú mudskipper (amphibious fish) 水陆两用 水陸兩用 shuǐ lù liǎng yòng amphibious (vehicle) 两栖运输能力 兩栖運輸能力 liǎng qī yùn shū néng lì amphibious lift M2水陆两用车 M2水陸兩用車 M2 amphibious vehicle / M2 rigs pontoon bridge / M2 rigs for rafting M2舟桥设备 M2舟橋設備 M2zhou1 qiáo shè bèi M2 amphibious vehicle / M2 rigs pontoon bridge / M2 rigs for rafting M2舟桥架设设备 M2舟橋架設設備 M2zhou1 qiáo jià shè shè bèi M2 amphibious vehicle / M2 rigs pontoon bridge / M2 rigs for rafting 两栖突击车 兩棲突擊車 amphibious assault vehicle 两栖作战 兩棲作戰 amphibious warfare 两栖部队 兩棲部隊 amphibious force 两栖行动 兩棲行動 amphibious operation 动物分类 動物分類 dòng wù fēn lèi classification of animals 夆 féng to butt (as horned animals) 圂 hùn grain-fed animals / pigsty 麛 mí fawn / young of animals 牠 tā it (used for animals) 瘏 tú be injured / ill (of animals) 畽 tuǎn place trodden by animals 杙 yì post for tethering animals 牸 zì female of domestic animals 莝 cuò to chop straw fine for animals 咑 dā da! (sound used to move animals along) 唚 qìn vomiting of animals / to use bad language 小龙 小龍 xiǎo lóng snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4]) 三胚层动物 三胚層動物 sān pēi céng dòng wù triploblastic animals (having three germ layers) 五形 wǔ xíng Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art 呼嚎 hū háo to roar (of animals) / to wail / to cry out in distress / see also 呼號|呼号[hu1 hao2] 宿草 sù cǎo grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night 役使动物 役使動物 yì shǐ dòng wù draft animals / beasts of burden 