中华田园犬

中華田園犬
zhōnghuátiányuánquǎn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese rural dog
  2. 2 indigenous Chinese dog (mongrel)
  3. 3 native Chinese mutt

Examples

Zhōnghuátiányuánquǎn cōngmíng, zhōngchéng yòu hǎo yǎng.
Chinese rural dogs are smart, loyal, and easy to raise.
Yuè lái yuè duō rén xuǎnzé lǐngyǎng zhōnghuátiányuánquǎn.
More and more people are choosing to adopt native Chinese dogs.

Tips

culture
中华田园 is the polite, modern name for what used to be dismissed as 土狗 ('country dog / mongrel'). The rebranding is part of a 'support native breeds' movement pushing back against preference for imported breeds and advocating rescue and adoption of local mixed-breed dogs.

Stroke Order

zhōng
huá
tián
yuán
quǎn