The Chinese word for "meat" is 肉 (rou4). The words for "meat" are all constructed by taking the name of the animal and putting 肉 after it. For example the Chinese word for "pork" is 猪肉 (zhu1 rou4) which literally means "pig meat." The word for "beef" is 牛肉 (niu2 rou4) which literally means "cattle meat" and so on. When eating meat in China, there is no need to worry that you may be eating somebody's cat or dog, or a local rodent. While these animals are eaten in various parts of China, they are far more expensive than pork, beef, chicken, or the other "mainstream" meats. It is far more likely that you would order dog meat and be served pork, rather than the other way around.