肉食動物

See also: 肉食动物

Chinese

		meat-eating; carnivorous; meat meat-eating; carnivorous; meat; meat product	animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (肉食動物)		肉食	動物
simp. (肉食动物)		肉食	动物
anagram		食肉動物／食肉动物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròushí dòngwù

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròushí dòngwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròushíh dòngwù
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-shih² tung⁴-wu⁴
  - Yale: ròu-shŕ dùng-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshyr donqwuh
  - Palladius: жоуши дунъу (žouši dunʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: yuhk sihk duhng maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sik⁹ dung⁶ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xig⁶ dung⁶ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɪk̚² tʊŋ²² mɐt̚²/

Noun

肉食動物

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)

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

(Tokyo) にくしょくどーぶつ [nìkúshókú dóꜜòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ɕo̞kɯ̟ do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

肉(にく)食(しょく)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (nikushoku dōbutsu)

A carnivore.

Antonyms

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

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN