只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group 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 提案 tí àn proposal / draft resolution / motion (to be debated) / to propose a bill / to make a proposal 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 修正案 xiū zhèng àn amendment / revised draft 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 起草 qǐ cǎo to make a draft / to draw up (plans) 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 气流 氣流 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft) 稿子 gǎo zi draft of a document / script / manuscript / mental plan / precedent 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 绘制 繪製 huì zhì to draw / to draft syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 草稿 cǎo gǎo draft / outline / sketch syn 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position 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 绘图 繪圖 huì tú to chart / to sketch / to draft / to plot 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 草案 cǎo àn draft (legislation, proposal etc) 票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn 草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft / to draw up (a first version) syn 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 拟定 擬定 nǐ dìng to draw up / to draft / to formulate syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 初稿 chū gǎo first draft (of writing) syn 汇票 匯票 huì piào bill of exchange / bank draft syn 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 制图 製圖 zhì tú (cartography) to make a map / (architecture etc) to draft / to draw (blueprints) / (graphic design) to create graphics syn 选秀 選秀 xuǎn xiù to select talented individuals / (sports) draft 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 抽风 抽風 chōu fēng to ventilate / to induce a draft / spasm / convulsion syn 养殖 養殖 yǎng zhí to raise / to breed (animals etc) syn 文稿 wén gǎo manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft 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 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 修改稿 xiū gǎi gǎo revised draft / new version (of a document) 散装 散裝 sǎn zhuāng loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled) syn 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 稿纸 稿紙 gǎo zhǐ draft paper syn 鼓风 鼓風 gǔ fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows 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 审读 審讀 shěn dú to read (a draft) / to review 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 拟议 擬議 nǐ yì proposal / recommendation / to draft syn 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 拟制 擬製 nǐ zhì to draft (a plan etc) 清史稿 qīng shǐ gǎo Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[Zhao4 Er3 xun4] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls 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 草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] 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 稿 gǎo manuscript / draft / stalk of grain 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 拟 擬 nǐ to plan to / to draft (a plan) / to imitate / to assess / to compare / pseudo- syn 征 徵 zhēng to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence 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 生啤酒 shēng pí jiǔ draft beer / unpasteurized beer 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 拟稿 擬稿 nǐ gǎo to draft (a statement) syn 打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc) 交尾 jiāo wěi to copulate (of animals) / to mate syn 缓征 緩徵 huǎn zhēng to suspend taxes momentarily / to postpone military draft 遗稿 遺稿 yí gǎo surviving manuscript / bequeathed draft (of book) syn 