Chinese symbol for “zookeeper”
饲养员
sì yǎng yuán
Traditional: 飼養員
zookeeper; stockman; breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for zookeeper is 饲养员 (sì yǎng yuán), defined as: zookeeper; stockman; breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 饲养员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饲养 (飼養) | sì yǎng | to raise; to rear |
| 饲料 (飼料) | sì liào | feed; fodder |
| 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 |
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
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.
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