HSK 6 · Nature

畜牧 xùmù “animal husbandry” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 畜牧 means

  1. animal husbandry
  2. livestock farming
  3. to raise animals

How to say 畜牧

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale畜xù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale牧mù4th tone, falling

畜牧 in a sentence

  1. 内蒙古的畜牧业很发达。

    Nèiměnggǔ de xùmùyè hěn fādá.

    Animal husbandry is well developed in Inner Mongolia.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他家祖祖辈辈都从事畜牧。

    Tā jiā zǔzǔbèibèi dōu cóngshì xùmù.

    His family has raised livestock for generations.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 畜牧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 畜 (chù) with each of its parts in a different colour
畜xùto raise
  • 玄profound · xuánSound part
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 玄 (xuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

The character 牧 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
牧mùto herd
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū

How to write 畜牧

畜 10 strokes · 牧 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

畜牧 (xùmù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 畜牧 (xùmù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 畜牧

Words with 畜

牲畜shēngchù · livestock

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FAQs

畜牧 (xùmù) means “animal husbandry” or “livestock farming”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xùmù: xù with a 4th tone, then mù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 畜牧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xumu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 畜牧 from the suggestions. Typing xumu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
畜牧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.