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 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console 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) 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 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 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 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 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 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 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 和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 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 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy 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 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 打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 游戏 游戲 yóu xì game / CL:場|场[chang3] / to play syn 拿下 ná xià to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc) syn 扑克 撲克 pū kè poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards syn 比分 bǐ fēn score (of a game or competition) 球赛 球賽 qiú sài (ball sports) game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] 弃权 棄權 qì quán to waive a right / to abstain (from voting) / (sports) to forfeit (a game) / to voluntarily withdraw from a match 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 板球 bǎn qiú cricket (ball game) 牌局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 手柄 shǒu bǐng handle / video game controller 存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive / to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc) syn 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 博弈论 博弈論 bó yì lùn game theory 围棋 圍棋 wéi qí the game of Go 手球 shǒu qiú handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer) 败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 扫雷 掃雷 sǎo léi minesweeper (computer game) syn 和局 hé jú draw / tied game syn 