极地狐

極地狐

jídìhú

noun

Measure Word

一只极地狐 zhī

Meanings

1 Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus); polar fox

Characters

Examples

极地狐生活在北极圈附近的寒冷地区。

Jídìhú shēnghuó zài Běijíquān fùjìn de hánlěng dìqū.

The Arctic fox lives in cold regions near the Arctic Circle.

极地狐的毛冬天会变成白色。

Jídìhú de máo dōngtiān huì biànchéng báisè.

The Arctic fox's coat turns white in winter.

Tips

memory

More commonly called 北极狐 (běijíhú) in contemporary Chinese, but 极地狐 ('polar-region fox') is used in older zoological texts and in the THUOCL news corpus. Its seasonal white-to-brown coat change is one of the most dramatic in the mammal world.

Stroke Order

极 jí

地 dì

狐 hú