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动物dòng wù
animal
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 动物 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 動物 | ||
| 動物 | dòngwù | |
| 1. n. animal; creature | ||
| 動物 本能 - animal instinct | ||
| 螯肢 動物 - cheliceral creature | ||
| 虐待 動物 - to be cruel to animals; animal cruelty | ||
| 珍稀 動物 - rare animals | ||
| 你 最 想 成為 哪 種 動物？ - What animal would you most like to be? | ||
| 動物 的 尾巴ba 有 什麼 功能？ - What are the functions of an animal’s tail? | ||
| 急轉彎 以 避免 撞 到 動物 是 造成 車禍 的 主要 原因。 - Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes. | ||
| 2. n. (literally) moving thing | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| animal | ||
| 1. 动物 | ||
| Components | ||
| 动 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 動 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 働 | ||
| 働 | dòng | |
| 1. (uncommon, dated) (zh-used2, j): labor; work | ||
| 勞働动dòng - labor (勞動*) | ||
| 2. usage. This character is pronounced similar to 有邊讀邊 method. | ||
| 3. usage. In mainland China, this character is considered a variant traditional form of tr=láodòng. | ||
| 動 | dòng | |
| 1. (transitive or intransitive) to move | ||
| 坐 著着zhe 不 動 - to sit still and not move | ||
| 動 來 動 去 - to move around | ||
| 我 的 東西xi 你 不要 動。 - Don't move my stuff. | ||
| 誰 動 過 我 的 電腦？ - Who used my computer? | ||
| 2. to act | ||
| 輕舉妄動 - to act rashly | ||
| 3. to alter; to change the state of | ||
| 改動 - to alter | ||
| 4. to use | ||
| 動筆 - to write | ||
| 動腦筋 - to use one's head | ||
| 5. to move; to touch (emotionally) | ||
| 動人 - moving | ||
| 動 感情 - to be carried away with emotion (usually feelings of love) | ||
| 不 為wéi 親情 所 動 - Not swayed by family love | ||
| 6. (dialectal, chiefly in the negative) to eat; to drink | ||
| 不 動 葷腥 - to never eat meat or fish | ||
| 7. (literary) easily; always | ||
| 動 以 萬 計 - | ||
| 8. (grammar) Short for 動詞 (verb) | ||
| 物 | wù | |
| 1. thing, matter | ||
| 物體 - object | ||
| 動物 - animal lit. moving thing | ||
| 2. all of the outside world, excluding oneself | ||
| 3. substance, content | ||
| 4. Short for 物理 (physics) | ||
| 5. to choose, to select | ||
| 6. to seek, to look for | ||
| 物色 - to seek out, to scout out | ||
| 7. (Teochew) to do | ||
| 家己 物 (ga1 gi7 muêh8, MN-T) - do it by oneself | ||
| 8. (obsolete) Alternative form of 勿 | ||
| 9. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 乜 (what) | ||
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Pronunciation
dòng wù
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