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
anagram		食草動物／食草动物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoshí dòngwù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² sik⁶ dung⁶ mat⁶

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

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”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーしょくどーぶつ [sòóshókú dóꜜòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟ do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

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)^?}

An herbivore.

Antonyms

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

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