Dictionary › 犬

犬

quǎn

HSK 6 Character

What 犬 means

1. literarydog
2. Kangxi radical 94

Example sentences

• 别怕吠犬。
  Bié pà fèi quǎn.
  Don't be afraid of barking dogs.
• 小心恶犬！
  Beware of the dog!
• 老的犬可以学新的诡计。
  Lǎo de quǎn kěyǐ xué xīn de guǐjì.
  Old dogs can learn new tricks.
• 马、狮、犬、羊：这些是动物。
  Mǎ, shī, quǎn, yáng: zhèxiē shì dòngwù.
  Horse, lion, dog, goat: these are animals.
• 汤姆有一只导盲犬，名叫曲奇。
  Tom has a guide dog named Cookie.
• 忠犬八公的雕像伫立在涩谷站前。
  Zhōng quǎn bā gōng de diāoxiàng zhùlì zài sè gǔ zhàn qián.
  The statue of Hachiko, the faithful dog, stands in front of Shibuya Station.

Words starting with 犬

• 犬伤quǎn shāngdog bite; injury sustained in a dog attack
• 犬子quǎn zǐ(literary; humble) my son
• 犬展quǎn zhǎndog show
• 犬牙quǎn yácanine tooth
• 犬科quǎn kēthe canines
• 犬种quǎn zhǒngdog breed
• 犬舍quǎn shèkennel
• 犬只quǎn zhī(formal) dog (used in official documents, news reports etc)
• 犬齿quǎn chǐcanine tooth
• 犬夜叉Quǎn yè chàInuyasha, fictional character
• 犬马之劳quǎn mǎ zhī láolit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom); fig. faithful service
• 犬儒quǎn rúcynic
• 犬儒主义quǎn rú zhǔ yìcynicism
• 犬瘟热quǎn wēn rècanine distemper (mammalian disease caused by Canine morbillivirus)
• 犬戎Quǎn róngQuanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China

Words containing 犬

• 警犬jǐng quǎnpolice dog
• 猎犬liè quǎnhound; hunting dog
• 牧羊犬mù yáng quǎnsheepdog
• 狂犬病kuáng quǎn bìngrabies
• 公犬gōng quǎnmale dog
• 小犬xiǎo quǎnpuppy; my son (humble)
• 爱犬ài quǎnbeloved pet dog
• 柴犬chái quǎnshiba inu (Japanese dog breed)
• 母犬mǔ quǎnfemale dog; bitch
• 牧犬mù quǎnshepherd dog
• 疯犬fēng quǎnmad dog; rabid dog
• 军犬jūn quǎnmilitary dog
• 马犬mǎ quǎnBelgian Malinois (dog breed) (abbr. for 马里努阿犬
• 鹰犬yīng quǎnhawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs
• 丁格犬dīng gé quǎndingo (Canis dingo)
• 上犬式shàng quǎn shìupward-facing dog (yoga pose)
• 下犬式xià quǎn shìdownward-facing dog (yoga pose)
• 博美犬Bó měi quǎnPomeranian (dog breed)
• 塞特犬sài tè quǎnsetter (dog breed)
• 大丹犬dà dān quǎnGreat Dane (dog breed)
• 大犬座Dà quǎn zuòCanis Major (constellation)
• 寻回犬xún huí quǎnretriever (dog breed group)
• 导盲犬dǎo máng quǎnguide dog (for the blind); Seeing Eye dog
• 小犬座Xiǎo quǎn zuòCanis Minor (constellation)

Characters that look like 犬

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

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 夭yāo(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read quǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绻used in 缱绻
• 甽drain between fields, irrigation
• 犭three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬
• 畎field drains