HanTrace

动物

dòngwù
nounHSK 2

“Animal” in Chinese is 动物 (dòngwù).

Meaning

  • animal

Example

动物怕火。

Animals are afraid of fire.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

种
used for kinds of animals
一种动物 (a kind of animal)
类
used for categories of animals
一类动物 (a category of animals)

Characters

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