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动物园 (dòng wù yuán) — how to say "zoo" in Chinese
动物园
Zoo
noun
Character composition
动
to move
物
thing, creature
园
garden, park
Radicals / Keys
囗
Enclosure
#31 · wéi · 3 strokes
牛
Cow
#93 · niú · 4 strokes
力
Power
#19 · lì · 2 strokes
Collocations
动物园门口
dòngwùyuán ménkǒu
at the zoo entrance
Examples
周末我和朋友去动物园看熊猫。
On weekends I go to the zoo with a friend to see pandas.
我们去动物园。
We go to the zoo.
Mnemonic
[dòng wù yuán-] Dory the duck leads a tour: "Look, everything here moves — dòng! Creatures and things — wù! And all around is a garden-park — yuán!" Together that makes 动物园 — a zoo where animals run and kids laugh. 🦆🐘
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Frequently asked questions
How to say zoo in Mandarin?
"zoo" in Chinese is 动物园 (dòng wù yuán).
动物园 meaning in English
动物园 (dòng wù yuán) means "Zoo".
Zoo in Chinese pinyin
It is pronounced dòng wù yuán (written as dong wu yuan, dongwuyuan). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How to write zoo in Chinese?
It is written 动物园: 动 has 6 strokes, 物 has 8 strokes, 园 has 7 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK 3.0 level is 动物园?
动物园 is on the HSK 3.0 level 3 word list. It is not part of the six-level HSK 2.0 lists.
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