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宠物

chǒng wù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 寵物

宠物 (chǒng wù) means "pet". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 宠物 means

1. house pet

The characters in 宠物

• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 你养宠物吗？
  Do you have any pets?
• 我的宠物生病了。
  Wǒ de chǒngwù shēngbìng le.
  My pet is sick.
• 我一直想养宠物。
  I've always wanted a pet.
• 她养各种不同的宠物。
  Tā yǎng gèzhǒng bùtóng de chǒngwù.
  She kept various kinds of pets.
• 她养一只鹦鹉作为宠物。
  Tā yǎng yī zhī yīngwǔ zuòwéi chǒngwù.
  She keeps a parrot as a pet.
• 合理地喂狗可以延长宠物寿命。
  Hélǐ de wèi gǒu kěyǐ yáncháng chǒngwù shòumìng.
  If you feed your dog properly, you can increase his lifespan.

Words starting with 宠物

• 宠物门chǒng wù ménpet door; pet flap

Where 宠物 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Love, Care & Compassion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chǒng wù correctly.
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