动物
Pinyin: dòng wù
animal
Example sentence
孩子们喜欢小动物。
Háizimen xǐhuān xiǎo dòngwù.
Children like small animals.
What 动物 means
动物 (dòng wù) is an Chinese word meaning “animal”. It belongs to the Things topic and appears at HSK 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.