Sentence #333709 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 宠物 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.
宠chǒngto love
宀roof · miánMeaning part
龙dragon · lóngSound part
宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 龙 (lóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǒng.
物wùthing
牛cow · niúMeaning part
勿must not · wùSound part
牛 hints at the meaning (cow); 勿 (wù) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.
Memory aidAn ox 牛, which the oldest Chinese dictionary calls the largest of things, with 勿 (wù) for the sound: a thing.
How to write 宠物
宠 8 strokes · 物 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 宠物 (chǒngwù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
宠物 (chǒngwù) means “house pet”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chǒngwù: chǒng with a 3rd tone, then wù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 宠物 is written 寵物. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宠物 from the suggestions. Typing chongwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宠物 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
宠chǒng3rd tone, dipping
物wù4th tone, falling
