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Animals (2)

insect / worm	蟲	cung4 (chong)	mosquito	蚊	man1 (munn)
crab	蟹	haai5 (high)	sea horse	海馬	hoi2 ma5 (hoy ma)
shrimp	蝦	haa1	prawn	大蝦	daai6 haa1

ox	公牛	gung1 ngau4 (goong ngau)	goat	山羊	saan1 joeng4 (sarn yeung)
elephant	大笨象	daai6 ban6 zoeng6 (dy bun jerng)	wolf	狼	long4
tiger	老虎	lou5 fu2 (low foo)	lion	獅子	si1 zi2 (see gee)
alligator	鱷魚	ngok6 jyu4	gorilla	大猩猩	daai6 sing1 sing1

1 chicken

一隻雞

jat1 zek3 gai1
(yat jek gye)

2 goats

兩隻羊

loeng5 zek3 joeng4
(lerng jek yeung)

Usage Note

Although you have already learned the single characters for some animals, in practise, Chinese people use two words to clarify the meaning. This is an example of compund words - words composed of two or more characters. There are many such examples throughout this site.

Character Analysis

大 = big 笨 = stupid 老 = old 山 = mountain
猩 = ape 隻 = numerical classifier for animals