“Dog” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “dog” is 犬 (inu). In Chinese it is 狗 (gǒu).
Japanese
犬
いぬ · inu
その犬は人なつっこいです。
The dog is friendly.
Chinese (Simplified)
狗
gǒu
这只狗很友善。
The dog is friendly.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 只: 一只狗 means “one dog”.
“Dog” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 犬 いぬ · inu | その犬は人なつっこいです。 |
| English | dog /dɔːɡ/ | The dog is friendly. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 狗 gǒu | 这只狗很友善。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 狗 gǒu | 這隻狗很友善。 |
| Korean | 개 | 그 개는 사람을 잘 따라요. |
| Spanish | perro | El perro es cariñoso. |
| French | chien | Le chien est gentil. |
| German | Hund | Der Hund ist freundlich. |
| Italian | cane | Il cane è socievole. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cachorro | O cachorro é amigável. |
| Russian | собака | Собака дружелюбная. |
| Arabic | كلب | الكلب ودود. |
| Hindi | कुत्ता | कुत्ता मिलनसार है। |
| Indonesian | anjing | Anjingnya ramah. |
| Vietnamese | chó | Con chó rất thân thiện. |
| Thai | หมา | หมาตัวนั้นเป็นมิตรกับคน |
| Turkish | köpek | Köpek cana yakın. |
| Dutch | hond | De hond is vriendelijk. |
| Swedish | hund | Hunden är snäll. |
| Polish | pies | Pies jest przyjazny. |
