HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

动物园 dòngwùyuán “zoo” in Chinese

Traditional 動物園

What 动物园 means

  1. zoo

How to say 动物园

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale物wù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale园yuán2nd tone, rising

动物园 in a sentence

  1. 我昨天去了动物园。

    Wǒ zuótiān qù le dòngwùyuán.

    I went to the zoo yesterday.

    Sentence #502847 from Tatoeba

  2. 动物园里有很多奇怪的动物。

    Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō qíguài de dòngwù.

    There are lots of strange animals at the zoo.

    Sentence #2482672 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 让我们带孩子们去动物园。

    Ràng wǒmen dài háizimen qù dòngwùyuán.

    Let’s take the children to the zoo.

    Sentence #894123 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 动物园 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 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

The character 物 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

The character 园 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
园yuánland used for growing plants
  • 囗enclosure · wéiMeaning part
  • 元first · yuánSound part

囗 hints at the meaning (enclosure); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

How to write 动物园

动 6 strokes · 物 8 strokes · 园 7 strokes

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

Words related to 动物园

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement行动xíngdòng · to act

Words with 物

动物dòngwù · animal礼物lǐwù · gift购物gòuwù · shopping植物zhíwù · plant宠物chǒngwù · house pet人物rénwù · figure食物shíwù · food物理wùlǐ · physics物质wùzhì · matter事物shìwù · thing

Words with 园

园yuán · garden公园gōngyuán · public park花园huāyuán · garden校园xiàoyuán · campus幼儿园yòu'éryuán · kindergarten园林yuánlín · gardens

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西北xīběi · northwest体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium外地wàidì · another part of the country晚点wǎndiǎn · (of trains东南dōngnán · southeast高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail红绿灯hónglǜdēng · traffic lights检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets

FAQs

动物园 (dòngwùyuán) means “zoo”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it dòngwùyuán: dòng with a 4th tone, then wù with a 4th tone, then yuán with a 2nd 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, 动物园 is written 動物園. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dongwuyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 动物园 from the suggestions. Typing dongwuyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
动物园 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.