小燕鸥

小燕鷗
xiǎoyàn'ōu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 little tern (Sternula albifrons)
  2. 2 small coastal tern species

Examples

HSK 6
Xiǎoyàn'ōu shì guójiā èrjí zhòngdiǎn bǎohù yěshēng dòngwù.
The little tern is a nationally protected wild animal of the second grade.
HSK 7-9
小燕鸥河口沙洲筑巢
Xiǎoyàn'ōu zài hékǒu de shāzhōu shàng zhùcháo.
Little terns build their nests on sandbars at river mouths.

Tips

memory
'small' + 燕鸥 'swallow-gull (tern)' - tern-family birds are named 燕鸥 because their forked tails look like a swallow's. Among all terns, the little tern is the smallest, barely bigger than a thrush.

Stroke Order

xiǎo
yàn
ōu