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兽

shòu

HSK 6 Character Traditional 獸

What 兽 means

1. beast
2. animal
3. beastly
4. bestial

Example sentences

• 我怕野兽。
  Wǒ pà yěshòu.
  I'm scared of wild animals.
• 兽控是什么？
  What is a furry?
• 我的床下有怪兽。
  Wǒ de chuáng xià yǒu guàishòu.
  There is a monster under my bed.
• 狮子是百兽之王。
  The lion is the king of beasts.
• 狮子是万兽之王。
  The lion is the king of beasts.
• 独角兽应该存在。
  Unicorns should exist.

Words starting with 兽

• 兽医shòu yīveterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
• 兽性shòu xìngbrutal
• 兽交shòu jiāobestiality (sex with an animal)
• 兽奸shòu jiānbestiality
• 兽欲shòu yùbeastly desire
• 兽父shòu fù(derog.) father who sexually abuses his own child
• 兽疫shòu yìepizootic
• 兽皮shòu píanimal skin; hide
• 兽药shòu yàoveterinary medicines
• 兽行shòu xíngbrutal act; bestiality
• 兽术shòu shùanimal training; skill with animals; shoushu - "Animal skill" or "Beast-fist" - Martial…
• 兽装shòu zhuāngfursuit
• 兽迷shòu mífurry (fan of anthropomorphic animal characters)
• 兽类shòu lèianimals
• 兽力车shòu lì chēanimal-drawn vehicle; carriage
• 兽医学shòu yī xuéveterinary medicine; veterinary science
• 兽病理学shòu bìng lǐ xuéveterinary pathology
• 兽脚亚目shòu jiǎo yà mùsuborder Theropoda (beast-footed dinosaur group) within order Saurischia containing…
• 兽脚类恐龙shòu jiǎo lèi kǒng lóngtheropod (beast-footed dinosaur group); suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia…
• 兽穴shòu xuéanimal den

Words containing 兽

• 飞禽走兽fēi qín zǒu shòu(idiom) birds and animals
• 野兽yě shòubeast; wild animal
• 怪兽guài shòurare animal; mythical animal; monster
• 禽兽qín shòubirds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)
• 猛兽měng shòuferocious beast; fierce animal
• 鸟兽niǎo shòubirds and beasts; fauna
• 独角兽dú jiǎo shòuunicorn
• 害兽hài shòuvermin; harmful animal
• 巨兽jù shòugiant creature; huge animal
• 幼兽yòu shòucub
• 瑞兽ruì shòuauspicious animal (such as the dragon)
• 神兽shén shòumythological animal
• 走兽zǒu shòu(four-footed) animal; beast
• 雄兽xióng shòumale animal
• 山西兽Shān xī shòuShansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe)
• 训兽术xùn shòu shùanimal training; taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming)
• 鸟兽散niǎo shòu sànto scatter like birds and beasts
• 人面兽心rén miàn shòu xīn(lit.) human face, beastly heart (idiom); (fig.) mild in appearance but malicious in…
• 作鸟兽散zuò niǎo shòu sànlit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom); fig. to head off in various directions…
• 困兽犹斗kùn shòu yóu dòua cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay
• 如鸟兽散rú niǎo shòu sàn(lit.) to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom); (fig.) to flee in all directions
• 洪水猛兽hóng shuǐ měng shòulit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom); fig. great scourges…
• 率兽食人shuài shòu shí rénlit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the…
• 草木鸟兽cǎo mù niǎo shòuflora and fauna

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 否fǒuto negate; to deny; not
• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 售shòu(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 扣kòuto fasten; to button; button
• 喉hóuthroat; larynx
• 吼hǒuto roar; to howl; to shriek

Characters that look like 兽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 番fān(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that…
• 菩púused in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 受to receive; to accept; to suffer
• 瘦thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 授(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 售(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 寿long life; old age; age
• 狩to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog
• 绶cord on a seal
• 夀old variant of 寿