Learning animals in Mandarin Chinese

December 03, 2024

My favorite topic in learning Mandarin is animal names because I’m amused by the compound words.

• 袋鼠 (dàishǔ) - bag rat (kangaroo)
• 松鼠 (sōngshǔ) - pine rat (squirrel)
• 花栗鼠 (huālìshǔ) - flower chestnut rat (chipmunk)
• 仓鼠 (cāngshǔ) - warehouse rat (hamster)
• 浣熊 (huànxióng) - wash bear (raccoon)
• 狗熊 (gǒuxióng) - dog bear (black bear)
• 龙虾 (lóngxiā) - dragon shrimp (lobster)
• 龙猫 (lóngmāo) - dragon cat (chinchilla)
• 恐龙 (kǒnglóng) - fear dragon (dinosaur)
• 食人鱼 (shírényú) - eat people fish (piranha)
• 八爪鱼 (bāzhuǎyú) - eight claw fish (octopus)
• 山羊 (shānyáng) - mountain sheep (goat)
• 海象 (hǎixiàng) - sea elephant (walrus)
• 大猩猩 (dàxīngxīng) - big ape ape (gorilla)
• 郊狼 (jiāoláng) - suburb wolf (coyote)
• 河狸 (hélí) - river badger (beaver)
• 水母 (shuǐmǔ) - water mother (jellyfish)
• 野牛 (yěniú) - wild cow (bison)
• 美洲虎 (měizhōuhǔ) - America tiger (jaguar)
• 鸭嘴兽 (yāzuǐshòu) - duck mouth beast (platypus)

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