Dog in Chinese (Mandarin): 狗 (gǒu)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 狗

• 狗

  Dog. The left side, 犭, marks an animal.

  8 strokes

Third tone: the voice dips low, then rises a little. Count dogs with 只 (zhī): 一只狗, one dog. A puppy is 小狗 (xiǎo gǒu).

More examples with 狗

• 小狗在叫。

  Xiǎo gǒu zài jiào.

  The puppy is barking.

• 我喜欢狗。

  我喜歡狗。

  Wǒ xǐhuan gǒu.

  I like dogs.

How to write 狗 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.