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猪 zhū “pig” in Chinese

Traditional 豬

What 猪 means

  1. pig
  2. hog
  3. swine

Measure word 口 kǒu or 头 tóu · 一口猪 yì kǒu zhū

How to say 猪

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale猪zhū1st tone, high and level

猪 in a sentence

  1. 我昨天买了这只猪。

    Wǒ zuótiān mǎi le zhè zhī zhū.

    I bought the pig yesterday.

    Sentence #3685211 from Tatoeba

  2. 那不是猪，而是猴子。

    Nà bú shì zhū, ér shì hóuzi.

    That’s not a pig – it’s a monkey.

    Sentence #1790134 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 猪不会飞。

    Zhū bú huì fēi.

    Pigs can’t fly.

    Sentence #10883685 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 猪 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 猪 (zhū) with each of its parts in a different colour
猪zhūhog
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhū.

How to write 猪

猪 11 strokes

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

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

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FAQs

猪 (zhū) means “pig” or “hog”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhū: zhū with a 1st 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, 猪 is written 豬. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 口 (kǒu) or 头 (tóu). For example, one pig is 一口猪 (yì kǒu zhū).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 猪 from the suggestions. Typing zhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
猪 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.