貉 (háo) — raccoon dog (bound form, used in compounds)
Definition
貉 (háo) is the bound form meaning 'raccoon dog,' a wild canid native to East Asia. It almost never stands alone — it appears in compounds like 貉子 (háozi) for the animal itself and 一丘之貉 ('birds of a feather,' literally 'of the same hill').
bound form
raccoon dog (bound form, used in compounds)
Easily confused
- 貂diāolook-alikemarten (a small carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes, valued for its fur)
- 豪háosound-alikea person of extraordinary talent or boldness; heroic, unrestrained (in compounds like 豪杰, 豪爽)
- 骆luòlook-alike(bound form) camel (as in 骆驼)
- 毫háosound-alike(measure word) one thousandth (used in metric units)
- 嚎háosound-aliketo howl (of humans or animals)
- 蚝háosound-alikeoyster
Examples
- 貉。háo Zi shēng huó zài sēn lín lǐ.The raccoon dog lives in forests.
- 貉。háo Zi de pí máo hěn hòu.The raccoon dog's fur is very thick.
- 貉。Zhè ge dì qū jīng cháng kàn dào háo zi.This area often sees raccoon dogs.
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