Chinese symbol for “pet”
宠儿
chǒng ér
Traditional: 寵兒
pet; favorite; darling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pet is 宠儿 (chǒng ér), defined as: pet; favorite; darling.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pet”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宠儿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宠物 (寵物) | chǒng wù | house pet |
| 宠爱 (寵愛) | chǒng ài | to dote on sb |
| 宠坏 (寵壞) | chǒng huài | to spoil (a child etc) |
| 哗众取宠 (嘩眾取寵) | huá zhòng qǔ chǒng | sensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds |
| 宠幸 (寵幸) | chǒng xìng | (old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pet”.
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.