Giraffe in Chinese (Mandarin): 长颈鹿 (chángjǐnglù)
长颈鹿
chángjǐnglù
giraffe
- Simplified
- 长颈鹿
- Traditional
- 長頸鹿
- Pinyin
- chángjǐnglù
- Typed as
- changjinglu
Use it in a sentence
长颈鹿脖子很长。
長頸鹿脖子很長。
The giraffe has a very long neck.
The characters in 长颈鹿
长 / 長
Long.
4 strokes
颈 / 頸
Neck.
11 strokes
鹿
Deer.
11 strokes
长颈鹿 is a "long-neck deer". 长 is read cháng when it means long, but zhǎng when it means to grow.
More examples with 长颈鹿
长颈鹿吃树叶。
長頸鹿吃樹葉。
Chángjǐnglù chī shùyè.
The giraffe eats leaves.
长颈鹿很高。
長頸鹿很高。
Chángjǐnglù hěn gāo.
The giraffe is very tall.
How to write 长颈鹿 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
长 4 strokes
颈 11 strokes
鹿 11 strokes
In Traditional characters:
長 8 strokes
頸 16 strokes
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