Chinese vocabulary · 34 words
Animals in Chinese
The animals to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 动物dòngwùanimal
- 狗gǒudog
- 猫māocat
- 鸟niǎobird
- 鱼yúfish
- 马mǎhorse
- 牛niúcow; ox; cattle
- 羊yángsheep
- 猪zhūpig
- 鸡jīchicken; fowl
- 鸭子yāziduck
- 鹅égoose
- 老虎lǎohǔtiger
- 狮子shīzilion
- 大象dàxiàngelephant
- 熊xióngbear
- 猴子hóuzimonkey
- 兔子tùzirabbit
- 老鼠lǎoshǔmouse
- 蛇shésnake
- 龙lóngdragon
- 狼lángwolf
- 狐狸húlifox
- 鹿lùdeer
- 鲨鱼shāyúshark
- 海豚hǎitúndolphin
- 乌龟wūguītortoise
- 蝴蝶húdiébutterfly
- 蜜蜂mìfēnghoneybee
- 蚂蚁mǎyǐant
- 蚊子wénzimosquito
- 虫子chóngziinsect
- 鸽子gēzipigeon
- 宠物chǒngwùpet
How do you say animal in Chinese?
动物 (dòngwù). The most common animals are 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat), 鸟 (niǎo, bird).
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