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哺乳

bǔ rǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

哺乳 (bǔ rǔ) means "breastfeeding; to suckle; to nurse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 哺乳 means

1. breastfeeding
2. to suckle
3. to nurse

The characters in 哺乳

• 哺bǔto feed
• 乳rǔ(bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling

Example sentences

• 鲸鱼是哺乳动物。
  A whale is a mammal.
• 海豚是哺乳动物。
  A dolphin is a mammal.
• 海豚是一种哺乳动物。
  Hǎitún shì yīzhǒng bǔrǔdòngwù.
  A dolphin is a kind of mammal.
• 牛是一种反刍类的哺乳动物。
  Ruminants are a group of mammals.
• 鲸是被公认为最大的哺乳动物。
  Jīng shì bèi gōngrèn wèi zuì dà de bǔrǔdòngwù.
  The whale is well known to be the largest mammal.
• 海狸可能被认为是地球上最忙碌的哺乳动物。
  Hǎilí kěnéng bèi rènwéi shì dìqiú shàng zuì mánglù de bǔrǔdòngwù.
  Beavers may be considered as the busiest mammals on Earth.

Words starting with 哺乳

• 哺乳动物bǔ rǔ dòng wùmammal
• 哺乳期bǔ rǔ qībreastfeeding period; lactation period; suckling period
• 哺乳纲bǔ rǔ gāngMammalia, the class of mammals
• 哺乳类bǔ rǔ lèimammals

Where 哺乳 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bó–bǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǔ rǔ correctly.
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