德国犬

德國犬
déguóquǎn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 German dog (generic)
  2. 2 short for German Shepherd (德国牧羊犬)

Examples

Tā jiā yǎng le yī zhī dàxíng de déguó quǎn.
His family keeps a large German dog.
Hěnduō jǐngduì xuǎnyòng déguó quǎn zhíxíng rènwù.
Many police units choose German Shepherds for field work.

Tips

usage
Informal umbrella term — in news corpora it almost always refers to 德国牧羊犬 (German Shepherd), though it can also loosely mean any German-bred dog such as the Rottweiler or Dachshund. For precision prefer the full breed name.

Stroke Order

guó
quǎn