Captivity makes gorillas sick.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
圈养
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 圈养 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 圈养 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
It is estimated that only a few hundred pandas remain, with a small number of them being raised in zoos in China and abroad.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 圈养.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 圈养.
Directly before
- 少数圈养1
Directly after
- 圈养在1
- 圈养导致1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 圈养
What does 圈养 mean in Chinese?
圈养 (juànyǎng) means to rear (an animal) in an enclosure.
How do you pronounce 圈养?
圈养 is pronounced juànyǎng.
Is 圈养 an HSK word?
圈养 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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