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Chinese
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to love; to pamper; to spoil to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favour |
thing; object; matter
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寵
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物
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| simp. (宠物)
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宠
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物
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| Literally: “loved/spoiled thing”.
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Pronunciation
Noun
寵物
- pet (animal kept as a companion)
- 養寵物／养宠物 ― yǎng chǒngwù ― to keep pets
把寵物當自己的孩子養 [MSC, trad.]
把宠物当自己的孩子养 [MSC, simp.]- bǎ chǒngwù dàng zìjǐ de háizi yǎng
- to raise one's pets like one's children
- 禁止寵物入內。／禁止宠物入内。 ― Jìnzhǐ chǒngwù rùnèi. ― No pets allowed.
要想外出度假時，寵物會成為牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
要想外出度假时，宠物会成为牵累。 [MSC, simp.]- Yào xiǎng wàichū dùjià shí, chǒngwù huì chéngwéi qiānlěi.
- Pets can be a burden when you want to go away on holiday.
寵物被很多人認作是人類的朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
宠物被很多人认作是人类的朋友。 [MSC, simp.]- Chǒngwù bèi hěn duō rén rènzuò shì rénlèi de péngyou.
- Pets are considered by many people as friends of human beings.
Derived terms
References
- 郭启熹 , editor (2016), “宠物”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 , →ISBN, page 484.