In Chinese, "giraffe" is 长颈鹿 (cháng jǐng lù). It is a noun.
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长颈鹿 (pinyin: cháng jǐng lù) is written using Chinese characters (Hanzi).
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Buy on Steam长颈鹿 is romanised as cháng jǐng lù in Chinese. This pinyin gives you an approximate pronunciation for English speakers. Listen to the audio on this page for the native pronunciation.
长颈鹿 is written using Chinese characters (Hanzi). The pinyin is cháng jǐng lù. Learning to read Chinese characters (Hanzi) takes time, but Noun Town teaches vocabulary through gameplay so the writing becomes familiar through repeated exposure.
长颈鹿 is a common noun used in everyday Chinese speech. The level of formality in a sentence comes from the surrounding words and grammatical forms rather than from this word alone.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Chinese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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