| 种公畜 | zhǒng gōng chù | stud / male breeding stock (of animal species) | 
| 种 | zhǒng | seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts | 
| 种 | zhòng | to plant / to grow / to cultivate | 
| 公 | gōng | public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) | 
| 公畜 | gōng chù | stud / male animal kept to breed offspring | 
| 畜 | chù | livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal | 
| 畜 | xù | to raise (animals) |