HSK 5 · Nature

兔子 tùzi “hare” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 兔子 means

  1. hare
  2. rabbit

Measure word 只 zhī · 一只兔子 yì zhī tùzi

How to say 兔子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兔tù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

兔子 in a sentence

  1. 狗追兔子。

    Gǒu zhuī tùzi.

    The dog chased the rabbit.

    Sentence #818114 from Tatoeba

  2. 那朵云对我来说像一只兔子。

    Nà duǒ yún duì wǒ lái shuō xiàng yì zhī tùzi.

    To me, that cloud looks like a rabbit.

    Sentence #812324 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 月球上有兔子吗？

    Yuèqiú shàng yǒu tùzi ma?

    Are there rabbits on the Moon?

    Sentence #14059078 from Tatoeba

How 兔子 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 兔 (tù) with each of its parts in a different colour
兔tùrabbit
  • 免to spare · miǎn
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 兔子

兔 8 strokes · 子 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 兔子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Nature & Environment

石头shítou · stone狮子shīzi · lion天空tiānkōng · sky土地tǔdì · land尾巴wěiba · tail雾wù · fog影子yǐngzi · shadow灾害zāihài · calamity

FAQs

兔子 (tùzi) means “hare” or “rabbit”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tùzi: tù with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 兔子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 只 (zhī). For example, one hare is 一只兔子 (yì zhī tùzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兔子 from the suggestions. Typing tuzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兔子 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.