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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
HSK 2
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  *养* | 养* | *养
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
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  *脚* | 脚* | *脚
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
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  *它* | 它* | *它
it (pronoun for an animal)
HSK 2
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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
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  *喂* | 喂* | *喂
hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
HSK 2
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  *只* | 只* | *只
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
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  *属* | 属* | *属
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
HSK 3
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  *腰* | 腰* | *腰
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
HSK 4
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal
HSK 6
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  *牢* | 牢* | *牢
firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison
HSK 6
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  *牵* | 牵* | *牵
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
HSK 6
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  *母* | 母* | *母
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
HSK 6
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
to dissect (an animal) / to analyze / anatomy
HSK 7-9
beast / wild animal
HSK 7-9
arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context
HSK 7-9
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  *宰* | 宰* | *宰
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)
HSK 7-9
to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
HSK 7-9
to order sb around / (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) / Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
HSK 7-9
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
farm animal; livestock
HSK 7-9
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  *遛* | 遛* | *遛
to stroll / to walk (an animal)
HSK 7-9
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
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  *吼* | 吼* | *吼
to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
HSK 7-9
(animal's) claw
HSK 7-9
household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon
HSK 7-9
to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
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  *跑* | 跑* | *跑
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
livestock husbandry / animal product industry
toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything
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  *虫* | 虫* | *虫
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL: 條|条, 隻|只 / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to feed (a person or animal)
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  *兽* | 兽* | *兽
beast / animal / beastly / bestial
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  *鸣* | 鸣* | *鸣
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
giant creature; huge animal
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  *驮* | 驮* | *驮
load carried by a pack animal
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  *饮* | 饮* | *饮
to give (animals) water to drink
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  *骚* | 骚* | *骚
(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt / flirty; coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚 / (literary) literary writings; poetry / foul-smelling (variant of ) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male
spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)
cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal)
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  *狸* | 狸* | *狸
raccoon dog / fox-like animal
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  *畜* | 畜* | *畜
livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal
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  *畜* | 畜* | *畜
to raise (animals)
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 / animal from the Chinese zodiac
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  *馇* | 馇* | *馇
to cook and stir (animal feed) / (coll.) to simmer (porridge etc)
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  *吟* | 吟* | *吟
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , wide vibrato)
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  *啸* | 啸* | *啸
(of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
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  *屠* | 屠* | *屠
to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
lit. dressed up animal (idiom) / fig. immoral and despicable person
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  *豸* | 豸* | *豸
worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
aquatic (plant, animal)
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  *革* | 革* | *革
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
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  *鞭* | 鞭* | *鞭
whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants)
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine; moan; wail
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  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖)
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  *秧* | 秧* | *秧
sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)
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  *啼* | 啼* | *啼
(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly / (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
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  *坨* | 坨* | *坨
mound; heap; lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子 etc) to stick together; to form a clump
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
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  *仔* | 仔* | *仔
(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine; detailed
(of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software
(loanword) furry (anthropomorphic animal character)
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch
to trap (an animal); to lure (a suspect) into a trap
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  *崽* | 崽* | *崽
child / young animal
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
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  *苑* | 苑* | *苑
(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)
mythological animal
ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet)
litter (animal bedding)
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  *钳* | 钳* | *钳
pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
to raise animals
mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier
to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
to enlighten / to civilize / to indoctrinate / to train (an animal)
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
animals
cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle
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  *槛* | 槛* | *槛
banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart
living animals
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)

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