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牲畜

shēngchù
noun HSK 7-9 #13,561

Measure Word

一头牲畜 tóu

Meanings

  1. 1 livestock
  2. 2 domestic animals

Examples

HSK 5
农民养了很多牲畜。
Nóngmín yǎng le hěnduō shēngchù.
The farmers raise a lot of livestock.
HSK 6
这场洪水冲走了大量牲畜。
Zhè chǎng hóngshuǐ chōngzǒu le dàliàng shēngchù.
The flood swept away a large number of livestock.

Tips

mistakes
畜 is pronounced chù (4th tone) in 牲畜, not xù. The reading xù is used in 畜牧 (animal husbandry).
memory
牲 (sacrificial animal) + 畜 (domestic animal) - both characters relate to animals kept by humans.

Stroke Order

牲 shēng
畜 chù