Chinese symbol for “mammal”
哺乳动物
bǔ rǔ dòng wù
Traditional: 哺乳動物
mammal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mammal is 哺乳动物 (bǔ rǔ dòng wù), defined as: mammal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哺乳动物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哺乳 | bǔ rǔ | breastfeeding; to suckle |
| 哺育 | bǔ yù | to feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster |
| 哺乳期 | bǔ rǔ qī | breastfeeding period; lactation period |
| 哺乳类 (哺乳類) | bǔ rǔ lèi | mammals |
| 反哺 | fǎn bǔ | to support one's parents in their old age; to show filial piety |
| 乳房 | rǔ fáng | breast; udder |
| 乳头 (乳頭) | rǔ tóu | nipple |
| 母乳 | mǔ rǔ | breast milk |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mammal”.
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.