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動物

動物

See also: 动物

Chinese

 
to use; to act; to move; to change
thing; object; matter
trad. (動物)
simp. (动物)

Noun

動物

  1. animal   (Classifier: m; ; )
    動物本能 / 动物本能   dòngwù běnnéng   animal instinct
    成為動物 [MSC, trad.]
    成为动物 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zuì xiǎng chéngwèi nǎ zhǒng dòngwù? [Pinyin]
    What animal would you most like to be?

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (動物):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
ぶつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

動物 (hiragana どうぶつ, romaji dōbutsu)

  1. animal

Derived terms

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

動物 (dongmul) (hangeul 동물)

  1. Hanja form? of 동물, “animal”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

動物

  1. Hán tự form of động vật, “animal