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  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
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  *魚* | 魚* | *魚
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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  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
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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  *養* | 養* | *養
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
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  *牠* | 牠* | *牠
it (pronoun for an animal)
HSK 2
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  *喂* | 喂* | *喂
hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
HSK 2
HSK 2
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  *隻* | 隻* | *隻
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
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  *屬* | 屬* | *屬
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
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  *牽* | 牽* | *牽
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
HSK 6
disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal
HSK 6
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
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  *牢* | 牢* | *牢
firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison
HSK 6
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  *母* | 母* | *母
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
HSK 6
to dissect (an animal) / to analyze / anatomy
HSK 7-9
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
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
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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
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
(animal's) claw
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
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 order sb around / (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) / Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
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
household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon
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 raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
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  *蟲* | 蟲* | *蟲
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
toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything
vermin / harmful animal
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  *肪* | 肪* | *肪
animal fat
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
cold-blood / cold-blooded (animal)
(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
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
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
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  *跑* | 跑* | *跑
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
amphibian / amphibious animals
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  *獸* | 獸* | *獸
beast / animal / beastly / bestial
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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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  *仔* | 仔* | *仔
(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine; detailed
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  *畜* | 畜* | *畜
livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal
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  *畜* | 畜* | *畜
to raise (animals)
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  *牲* | 牲* | *牲
domestic animal / sacrificial animal
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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)
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  *鳴* | 鳴* | *鳴
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖)
collective term for aquatic animals
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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)
yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals)
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  *屠* | 屠* | *屠
to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 / animal from the Chinese zodiac
herbivore / herbivorous animal
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
wild animal
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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)
rare animal / mythical animal / monster
all creatures / every kind of animal
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  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
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  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
mating / copulation (esp. of animals)
ferocious beast / fierce animal
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  *兕* | 兕* | *兕
animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros)
(coll.) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
(of a livestock animal) plump and strong / well-fed
to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young
birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person)
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  *貔* | 貔* | *貔
see 貔貅, composite mythical animal (originally was the male)
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
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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
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
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  *崽* | 崽* | *崽
child / young animal
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  *狸* | 狸* | *狸
raccoon dog / fox-like animal
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  *鉗* | 鉗* | *鉗
pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag
tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face
animal husbandry / stock raising / livestock raising
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
domestic animal / brute / bastard
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  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
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  *革* | 革* | *革
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
pitfall / pit as animal trap
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
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  *吽* | 吽* | *吽
roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
(of animals) hybrid; (of people) mixed-blood; mixed-race
lard / animal fat
cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle
the young (unborn or newborn) of an animal / larva
to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance

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