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土拨鼠

土撥鼠
tǔbōshǔ
noun #17,887

Measure Word

一只土拨鼠 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 marmot
  2. 2 groundhog
  3. 3 woodchuck

Examples

土拨鼠住在地下的洞穴里。
Tǔbōshǔ zhù zài dìxià de dòngxué lǐ.
Marmots live in underground burrows.
土拨鼠日是美国的一个传统节日。
Tǔbōshǔ rì shì Měiguó de yī gè chuántǒng jiérì.
Groundhog Day is a traditional American holiday.

Tips

memory
土 (earth) + 拨 (to dig/push aside) + 鼠 (rodent) — an earth-digging rodent. That's literally what a groundhog does: digs through the ground.
culture
The 'screaming marmot' (土拨鼠叫) became a famous Chinese internet meme — a short video of a marmot screaming went massively viral.

Stroke Order

土 tǔ
拨 bō
鼠 shǔ