# 动物 (dòngwù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 动物 (dòngwù) means “animal”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: animal
- Pinyin: dòngwù (dong4 wu4)
- Traditional: 動物
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 孩子们都很喜欢小动物。
  Háizimen dōu hěn xǐhuan xiǎo dòngwù.
  Children all like small animals very much.

## Characters

- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch
- 物 (wù): thing

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-wu-animal/

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