CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

羊羔

yánggāo

lamb

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

lamb

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 羊羔 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 羊羔 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

羊羔通常在一岁前被宰杀吃掉。yáng gāo tōng cháng zài yī suì qián bèi zǎi shā chī diào。

Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.

虽然公山羊羔经常因为无法产奶而被淘汰，但有时它们会被阉割，并作为「阉羊」留在羊群中。这种脖子上挂著铃铛的「领头羊」通常是羊群的领袖。suī rán gōng shān yáng gāo jīng cháng yīn wèi wú fǎ chǎn nǎi ér bèi táo tài， dàn yǒu shí tā men huì bèi yān gē， bìng zuò wéi 「yān yáng」 liú zài yáng qún zhōng。 zhè zhǒng bó zi shàng guà zhù líng dāng de 「lǐng tóu yáng」 tōng cháng shì yáng qún de lǐng xiù。

Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.

她如一只羊羔般柔和。tā rú yī zhī yáng gāo bān róu hé。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 羊羔.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 羊羔.

Directly before

一只羊羔1
公山羊羔1

Directly after

羊羔通常1
羊羔般1
羊羔经常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 羊羔

What does 羊羔 mean in Chinese?

羊羔 (yánggāo) means lamb.

How do you pronounce 羊羔?

羊羔 is pronounced yánggāo.

Is 羊羔 an HSK word?

羊羔 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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