牲畜

shēngchù

noun HSK 7 #13,561

Measure Word

一头牲畜 tóu

Meanings

1 livestock
2 domestic animals

Characters

sacrificial animal; livestock

domestic animal; livestock

Examples

农民养了很多牲畜。

Nóngmín yǎng le hěn duō shēngchù.

The farmers raise a lot of livestock.

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 (xùmù, animal husbandry).

memory

牲 (sacrificial animal) + 畜 (domestic animal) — both characters relate to animals kept by humans.

Stroke Order

牲 shēng

畜 chù