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海豚

dolphin

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

hai3tun2 • hǎitún

Meaning

Primary

dolphin

Mnemonic

A 海豚 dolphin is like a 豚 piglet that lives in the 海 sea. Picture a 海豚 dolphin swimming in the sea and each time it comes up it literally snorts for air. Oink oink.

Usage

海豚 是 非常 聪明 的 动物。

Dolphins are very intelligent animals.

我们 在 海边 看见 了 海豚。

We saw dolphins by the sea.

海豚 喜欢 跟 人类 互动。

Dolphins enjoy interacting with humans.