juk6 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6肉食性動物肉食性动物
Jyutpingjuk6 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6
Yaleyuhk sihk sing duhng maht
Definition
Carnivore; carnivorous animal.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in scientific or educational contexts rather than casual conversation. While it is the standard term for carnivores, people often use simpler descriptive phrases like 食肉獸 when talking about animals or even people who have a strong preference for meat in their diet.
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zung3種jungExamples
Tigers are a very fierce type of carnivore.
Do you know which ones are carnivores?
Related words
Common phrases
large carnivores
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a person who loves eating meat, as it sounds overly clinical or biological. Use 食肉獸 for a person instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
