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猪 (Trad.: 豬)
Pinyin: zhū
English Definition: hog; pig; swine; Classifiers: 口
Chinese Definition:
①猪只，组成猪科(suidae)的各种哺乳动物的任一种，四肢短小，尾短，体毛稀疏，鼻面短凹或平直，耳大下垂或前挺，被毛较粗，有黑、白或黑白花等色，汁腺不发达，热时喜浸水散热；特指家养种的成员。［合］猪魈(猪怪；猪精)；猪膀胱(又称“猪尿泡”、“猪胞”、“猪尿脬”、“猪脬”)；小猪(又叫“猪牙子”、“猪仔”、“猪娃”、“猪娃子”)；母猪(又叫“猪婆”、“猪婆子”、“猪娘”)。
②十二生肖之一，配地支的“亥”。［合］属猪的；猪年(俗称十二生肖之一猪所代表的年份，即亥年)。
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 犬
Pictophonetic: 者 indicates the sound; 犭 (animal) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
野猪 yě zhū wild boar (Sus scrofa); Classifiers: 头
猪场 zhū chǎng piggery
猪八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记 , with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake; Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
猪油 zhū yóu lard
猪狗 zhū gǒu pig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund
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