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draught animal

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

sheng1kou5 shēngkou

Alternative Pinyin

sheng1kou3 shēngkǒu

Meaning


Primary

draught animal

Alternatives

draught animals, beast of burden

Mnemonic


A 牲口 draught animal is a 牲 domestic animal that helps carrying loads or with plowing for the sake of humans. It produces no direct agricultural product, but still requires a lot of food to enter its [5] quiet and hardworking 口 mouth so that it can labor.

Usage


这 些 牲口 帮助 农民 耕地。

These draught animals help farmers plow the fields.

他 每天 早上 喂 牲口。

He feeds the draught animals every morning.

这 头 牛 是 一 只 强壮 的 牲口。

This ox is a strong draught animal.