猎 (liè): hunting
猎 (liè) is a Chinese character meaning “hunting.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 昔 (phonetic). It ranks #1673 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 猎 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat), 状 (zhuàng, (bound form) form).
Definitions
- hunting
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猎人noun | liè rén | hunter |
| 打猎verb | dǎ liè | to go hunting |
| 猎物noun | liè wù | prey |
| 狩猎verb | shòu liè | to hunt |
| 猎犬noun | liè quǎn | hound |
| 猎杀verb | liè shā | to kill (in hunting) |
| 猎枪noun | liè qiāng | hunting gun |
| 猎手noun | liè shǒu | hunter |
| 猎户座proper-noun | liè hù zuò | Orion (constellation) |
| 猎鹰noun | liè yīng | falcon |
| 猎狗noun | liè gǒu | hunting dog |
| 捕猎verb | bǔ liè | to catch (wild animals) |
| 猎豹noun | liè bào | cheetah |
| 猎取verb | liè qǔ | to hunt |
| 偷猎verb | tōu liè | to poach |
猎 appears in 44 compound words: 61 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 猎 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
猎人追踪，捕获猎物。
Lièrén zhuīzōng, bǔhuò lièwù.
Hunters track and capture prey.
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逐个锁定藏身处!以色列渗透情报猎杀伊朗安全人员
zhú gè suǒ dìng zàng shēn chǔ ! yǐ sè liè shèn tòu qíng bào liè shā yī lǎng ān quán rén yuán
Pinpointing hideouts one by one! Israeli intelligence operations target Iranian security personnel
...gle媒体关系总监:建立人脉像耕作而非打猎
. . . g l e méi tǐ guān xì zǒng jiān : jiàn lì rén mài xiàng gēng zuò ér fēi dǎ liè
...Director of Media Relations: Building a network is like farming, not hunting
...中嬉戏超兴奋 饲主兴奋录影细看惊觉:在捕猎?
. . . zhōng xī xì chāo xīng fèn sì zhǔ xīng fèn lù yǐng xì kàn jīng jué : zài bǔ liè ?
... The owner was excited to watch the video and was surprised: Hunting?
广角镜/点燃杂草赶猎物酿灾 屏市下“黑雪”
guǎng jiǎo jìng diǎn rán zá cǎo gǎn liè wù niàng zāi bǐng shì xià hēi xuě
Wide-angle lens/Ignite weeds to drive away prey and cause disasters under the screen city "black snow"
汤姆和玛丽猎鹿去了。
Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì liè lù qù le.
Tom and Mary went deer hunting.
猎人跟着熊的踪迹。
Lièrén gēnzhe xióng de zōngjì.
The hunter followed the bear tracks.
狮子在跟踪它的猎物。
Shīzi zài gēnzōng tā de lièwù.
The lion is stalking its prey.
你见过雪豹在山上狩猎吗？
Nǐ jiàn guo xuěbào zài Shānshàng shòuliè ma?
Have you ever seen a snow leopard hunt in the mountains?
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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