肉食動物

肉食動物

See also: 肉食动物

Chinese

		meat-eating; carnivorous; meat meat-eating; carnivorous; meat; meat product	moving thing; animal
trad. (肉食動物)		肉食	動物
simp. (肉食动物)		肉食	动物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròushí dòngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ròushí dòngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshy donqwuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: yuhk sihk duhng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sik⁹ dung⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xig⁶ dung⁶ med⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɪk̚² tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/

Noun

肉食動物

1. carnivore

Synonyms

• 食肉動物／食肉动物 (shíròu dòngwù)

Coordinate terms

• 草食動物／草食动物 (cǎoshí dòngwù)
• 雜食動物／杂食动物 (záshí dòngwù)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
肉	食	動	物
にく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 肉食 (nikushoku, “meat-eating, carnivorous”) +‎ 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) にくしょくど​ーぶつ [nìkúshókú dóꜜòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ do̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

肉食動物 (hiragana にくしょくどうぶつ, rōmaji nikushoku dōbutsu)

1. A carnivore.

Antonyms

• 草食動物 (そうしょくどうぶつ) (sōshoku dōbutsu): an herbivore

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN