大象 (dàxiàng): elephant

Measure Word

一头大象 tóu

Meanings

1 elephant

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

孩子们在动物园里看大象。

Háizi men zài dòngwùyuán lǐ kàn dàxiàng.

The children are watching elephants at the zoo.

HSK 4

大象是陆地上最大的动物。

Dàxiàng shì lùdì shàng zuì dà de dòngwù.

Elephants are the largest land animals.

HSK 7-9

云南的野生大象迁徙了很远。

Yúnnán de yěshēng dàxiàng qiānxǐ le hěn yuǎn.

Yunnan's wild elephants migrated very far.

Tips

history

The character 象 originally was a pictograph of an elephant! It later also came to mean 'image/appearance' - hence 想象 (xiǎngxiàng, to imagine).

In Pop Culture

云南大象北迁 Yúnnán dàxiàng běi qiān

Yunnan elephant migration north

viral 2021 elephant herd migration, global news sensation

Stroke Order

大 dà

象 xiàng

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