Chinese symbol for “fodder”
饲料
sì liào
Traditional: 飼料
feed; fodder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fodder is 饲料 (sì liào), defined as: feed; fodder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fodder”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草料 | cǎo liào | fodder |
| 牧草 | mù cǎo | pasture grass; fodder |
| 栈豆 (棧豆) | zhàn dòu | fodder |
| 刍 (芻) | chú | to mow or cut grass; hay |
| 粮秣 (糧秣) | liáng mò | provisions (e.g. military); forage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 饲料.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饲养 (飼養) | sì yǎng | to raise; to rear |
| 饲养员 (飼養員) | sì yǎng yuán | zookeeper; stockman |
| 饲主 (飼主) | sì zhǔ | pet owner |
| 饲育 (飼育) | sì yù | to rear (an animal) |
| 饲草 (飼草) | sì cǎo | forage grass |
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
| 原料 | yuán liào | raw material |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fodder”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.