NOTES - Prayer for Animals ENG Chinese Pinyin - Part 1

O Lord! Many animals are suffering!
Zhǔ a! Xǔduō dòngwù zài shòu tòngkǔ!
主啊! 许多动物在受痛苦!
Zhǔ 主 Lord
a 啊 [used at the end of the sentence to convey a feeling of admiration or an undertone of warning]
Zhǔ a 主啊 O Lord
xǔ 许 (verb) allow, permit
duō 多 (adj) many, much, more, much more
xǔduō 许多 (adj) many, much, a lot of
dòng 动 (verb) move
wù 物 (noun) thing, matter
dòngwù 动物 (noun) animal
zài 在 (adv) [indicating an action in progress]
shòu 受 (verb) suffer, be subject to, stand, endure, bear
tòng 痛 (verb) ache, pain, (noun) sorrow
kǔ 苦 (adj) bitter, (noun) hardship suffering, pain, (verb) suffer from, be troubled by
tòngkǔ 痛苦 (noun) pain, suffering, agony, (adj) painful, sad, bitter

They suffer because of human activities and human actions.
Tāmen zāoshòu tòngkǔ yīn rénlèi huódòng hé rénlèi xíngdòng
它们遭受痛苦因人类活动和人类行动
tā 它 [neuter gender] it
men 们 [used after a personal pronoun or noun to show plural number]
tāmen 它们 (pronoun) they
zāo 遭 (verb) meet with (disaster, misfortune, etc), suffer, sustain
shòu 受 (verb) suffer, be subject to, stand, endure, bear
zāoshòu 遭受 (verb) suffer, be subjected to, undergo, sustain
tòng 痛 (verb) ache, pain, (noun) sorrow
kǔ 苦 (adj) bitter, (noun) hardship suffering, pain, (verb) suffer from, be troubled by
tòngkǔ 痛苦 (noun) pain, suffering, agony, (adj) painful, sad, bitter
yīn 因 on the basis of, because
rén 人 (noun) man / person
lèi 类 (noun) kind, type
rénlèi 人类 (noun) mankind, humanity
rénlèi huódòng 人类活动 human activities
huó 活 (verb) live, (adj) alive, living
dòng 动 (verb) move
huódòng 活动 (noun) activity
hé 和 (conj) and
xíng 行 (noun) behaviour
xíngdòng 行动 (noun) action

Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation endanger animal life
Qīxī dì sàngshī, tuìhuà hé pòsuì huà wéihài dòngwù de shēngmìng
栖息地丧失,退化和破碎化危害动物的生命
qī 栖 (verb) dwell, stay
xī 息 (noun) breath, rest, (verb) stop, cease
qīxī 栖息 (verb) perch, (noun) rest
dì 地 (noun) the earth, land, field, ground, place
qīxīdì 栖息地 (noun) habitat
sàng 丧 (verb) loss
shī 失 (verb) loss
sàngshī 丧失 (verb) lose
qīxī dì sàngshī 栖息地丧失 habitat loss
tuì 退 (verb) decline, recede, withdraw, move back, retreat
huà 化 (verb) change, turn
tuìhuà 退化 (verb) degenerate, deteriorate
hé 和 (conj) and
pò 破 (verb) break, split
suì 碎 (verb) break to pieces, smash, (adj) broken
pòsuì 破碎 (adj) tattered, broken
pòsuìhuà 破碎化 fragmentation
wéi 危 (noun) danger, peril, (verb) endanger, imperil
hài 害 (noun) harm, (adj) harmful, destructive, injurious, (verb) do harm to
wéihài 危害 (noun) harm, endanger, jeopardize, threaten
dòng 动 (verb) move
wù 物 (noun) thing, matter
dòngwù 动物 (noun) animal
de 的 [used after a noun]
shēng 生 (noun) life, existence
mìng 命 (noun) life, lot, fate
shēngmìng 生命 (noun) life