草食動物
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See also: 草食动物
Chinese
| grass-eating; herbivorous | animal; creature; moving thing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草食動物) | 草食 | 動物 | |
| simp. (草食动物) | 草食 | 动物 | |
| anagram | 食草動物／食草动物 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoshíh dòngwù
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-shih2 tung4-wu4
- Yale: tsǎu-shŕ dùng-wù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshyr donqwuh
- Palladius: цаоши дунъу (caoši dunʺu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou2 sik6 dung6 mat6
- Yale: chóu sihk duhng maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 sik9 dung6 mat9
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 xig6 dung6 med6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ sɪk̚² tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
草食動物
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 草 | 食 | 動 | 物 |
| そう Grade: 1 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 3 |
ぶつ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |||
Etymology
Compound of 草食 (sōshoku, “grass-eating; herbivorous”) + 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
草食動物 • (sōshoku dōbutsu) ←さうしょくどうぶつ (sausyokudoubutu)?
- An herbivore.