只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil 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 喂养 餵養 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal) 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 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money 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 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 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 家禽 jiā qín poultry / domestic fowl 家畜 jiā chù domestic animal / livestock / cattle syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about 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 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 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 生产总值 生產總值 shēng chǎn zǒng zhí gross domestic production (GDP) / total output value 水族 shuǐ zú collective term for aquatic animals syn 国内外 國內外 guó nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad 内向 內向 nèi xiàng reserved (personality) / introverted / (economics etc) domestic-oriented 家用电器 家用電器 jiā yòng diàn qì domestic electric appliance 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 对内 對內 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy) 内需 內需 nèi xū domestic demand syn 兽类 獸類 shòu lèi animals syn 海内外 海內外 hǎi nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad 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 家奴 jiā nú domestic slave / slave servant 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 国内市场 國內市場 guó nèi shì chǎng domestic market 国内生产总值 國內生產總值 guó nèi shēng chǎn zǒng zhí gross domestic product (GDP) 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 内销 內銷 nèi xiāo to sell in the domestic market / domestic market 家庭暴力 jiā tíng bào lì domestic violence 生活垃圾 shēng huó lā jī domestic garbage 境内外 境內外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad 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 红客 紅客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest 中国银联 中國銀聯 zhōng guó yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization 内贸 內貿 nèi mào domestic trade 国内法 國內法 guó nèi fǎ domestic law 产仔 產仔 chǎn zǐ to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter 家猫 家貓 jiā māo domestic cat / house cat 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 chù livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal syn 畜 xù to raise (animals) syn 牲 shēng domestic animal / sacrificial animal 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 佣 傭 yōng to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help syn 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 下崽 xià zǎi (of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc 内宾 內賓 nèi bīn guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾) 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 