(zhū) - pig, hog, swine in Mandarin

zhū

Traditional: 豬

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Translation

pig, hog, swine

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound combining the 犭 (quǎn, dog or animal) radical with 者 (zhě) as the phonetic element, denoting the domestic pig.

Origin: phono-semantic
Root: 犭 (animal radical) + 者 (zhě, phonetic)

Stroke order

猪

Examples

农nóng。

There are many pigs on the farm.

胖pàng。

This pig has grown very fat.

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Chinese people like to eat pork.

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The children really like this little pig.

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He was born in the year of the pig.

猪 (zhū) means pig. It is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac and the source of 猪肉 (pork), a staple meat in Chinese cooking.

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This word is part of lesson 35.