# 鸭子 (yāzi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 鸭子 (yāzi) means “duck”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: duck
- Pinyin: yāzi (ya1 zi5)
- Traditional: 鴨子
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 河里有几只鸭子在游泳。
  Hé lǐ yǒu jǐ zhī yāzi zài yóuyǒng.
  Several ducks are swimming in the river.

## Characters

- 鸭 (yā): duck (只); (slang) male prostitute
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/ya-zi-duck/

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