Chinese symbol for “mastiff”
獒
áo
(bound form) mastiff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mastiff is 獒 (áo), defined as: (bound form) mastiff.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mastiff”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 獒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藏獒 | zàng áo | Tibetan mastiff |
| 獒犬 | áo quǎn | mastiff (dog breed) |
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.