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猪

zhū

HSK 4 Character Traditional 豬 Measure word 口、头

What 猪 means

1. hog
2. pig
3. swine

Example sentences

• 猪不会飞。
  Pigs can't fly.
• 你是猪吗？
  Are you a pig?
• 不要吃猪肉。
  Don't eat pork.
• 猪肉不适合我。
  Zhūròu bù shìhé wǒ.
  Pork doesn't agree with me.
• 你这个猪头啊！
  Nǐ zhège zhūtóu ā!
  You blockhead!
• 汤姆不吃猪肉。
  Tom doesn't eat pork.

Words starting with 猪

• 猪肉zhū ròupork
• 猪头zhū tóupig head; (colloquial) fool; jerk
• 猪圈zhū juàn(lit. and fig.) pigsty
• 猪八戒Zhū Bā jièZhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed…
• 猪油zhū yóulard
• 猪蹄zhū típig trotters
• 猪狗zhū gǒupig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund
• 猪仔zhū zǎipiglet; (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad
• 猪场zhū chǎngpiggery
• 猪年zhū niánYear of the Boar (e.g. 2007)
• 猪排zhū páipork ribs; pork chop
• 猪栏zhū lánpigsty; pigpen
• 猪湾Zhū WānBay of Pigs (Cuba)
• 猪精zhū jīngpork bouillon powder; (neologism; slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and…
• 猪舍zhū shèpig shed
• 猪草zhū cǎoweeds or grass used to feed pigs
• 猪下水zhū xià shuǐpig offal
• 猪仔包zhū zǎi bāoa French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao
• 猪婆龙zhū pó lóngChinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
• 猪流感zhū liú gǎnswine influenza; swine flu; influenza A (H1N1)
• 猪脚饭zhū jiǎo fànpork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over…
• 猪血糕zhū xiě gāopig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood…
• 猪队友zhū duì yǒu(slang) incompetent teammate, coworker etc
• 猪朋狗友zhū péng gǒu yǒudissolute companions; disreputable comrades

Words containing 猪

• 野猪yě zhūwild boar (Sus scrofa)
• 生猪shēng zhūlive pig; pig on the hoof
• 乳猪rǔ zhūsuckling pig
• 仔猪zǐ zhūpiglet
• 公猪gōng zhūboar
• 土猪tǔ zhūaardvark
• 欧猪Ōu zhū(economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain)…
• 毛猪máo zhūlive pig
• 江猪jiāng zhūChinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer
• 箭猪jiàn zhūporcupine
• 莱猪lái zhū(Taiwan; neologism) pork containing ractopamine 莱克多巴胺
• 蠢猪chǔn zhūstupid swine; idiot
• 豪猪háo zhūporcupine
• 打抛猪dǎ pāo zhūstir-fried pork with basil; pork phat kaphrao
• 松露猪sōng lù zhūtruffle hog
• 架子猪jià zi zhūfeeder pig
• 杀猪盘shā zhū pánpig butchering scam…
• 壳郎猪ké lang zhū(colloquial) feeder pig
• 白皮猪bái pí zhū(derog.) white person; white pig
• 荷兰猪Hé lán zhūguinea pig
• 公猪异味gōng zhū yì wèiboar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
• 巴克夏猪Bā kè xià zhūBerkshire pig; Berkshire swine
• 扮猪吃老虎bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔto play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to…
• 浸猪笼jìn zhū lóngto drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of 沉潭

Characters built on 者

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

• 署shǔoffice; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 著zhùto make known; to show; to prove
• 诸zhūall; various
• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…
• 煮zhǔto cook; to boil

Characters that look like 猪

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

• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 猎lièhunting
• 掳lǔ(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀

Sounds the same

Read zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诸all; various
• 珠bead; pearl
• 株tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 朱vermilion
• 诛to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 茱used in 茱萸
• 铢twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 蛛(bound form) spider
• 洙name of a river
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond