草食動物

See also: 草食动物

Chinese

		grass-eating; herbivorous	animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (草食動物)		草食	動物
simp. (草食动物)		草食	动物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoshí dòngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoshí dòngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoshíh dòngwù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-shih² tung⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-shŕ dùng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshyr donqwuh
    • Palladius: цаоши дунъу (caoši dunʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: chóu sihk duhng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² sik⁹ dung⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² xig⁶ dung⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ sɪk̚² tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/

Noun

草食動物

1. herbivore

Synonyms

• 食草動物／食草动物 (shícǎo dòngwù)

Coordinate terms

• 肉食動物／肉食动物 (ròushí dòngwù)
• 雜食動物／杂食动物 (záshí dòngwù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	食	動	物
そう Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 草食 (sōshoku, “grass-eating; herbivorous”) +‎ 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーしょくど​ーぶつ [sòóshókú dóꜜòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ do̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

草(そう)食(しょく)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (sōshoku dōbutsu) ^{←さうしょくどうぶつ (sausyokudoubutu)?}

1. An herbivore.

Antonyms

• 肉食動物(にくしょくどうぶつ) (nikushoku dōbutsu): a carnivore