北极燕鸥

北極燕鷗
běijíyàn'ōu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Examples

HSK 6
Běijíyàn'ōu yìshēng fēixíng de jùlí xiāngdāngyú wǎngfǎn yuèqiú sān cì.
Over its lifetime an Arctic tern flies a distance equivalent to three round trips to the moon.
HSK 7-9
Běijíyàn'ōu měi nián zài Běijí hé Nánjí zhījiān qiānxǐ.
Arctic terns migrate between the Arctic and the Antarctic each year.

Tips

culture
Holds the record for the longest migration of any animal - roughly 70,000 km annually. By chasing summer at both poles, the Arctic tern sees more daylight than any other creature on Earth.

Stroke Order

北 běi
极 jí
燕 yàn
鸥 ōu