海胆

海膽
hǎidǎn
noun #23,412

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sea urchin

Examples

HSK 6
Zài hǎibiān, xiǎoxīn búyào cǎi dào hǎidǎn.
At the beach, be careful not to step on sea urchins.
HSK 7-9
Hǎidǎn shì yī zhǒng chángjiàn de hǎixiān, Rìběn liàolǐ zhōng hěn shòu huānyíng.
Sea urchin is a common seafood, popular in Japanese cuisine.

Tips

memory
means sea and means gall bladder - because the rounded, spiky shape of a sea urchin was thought to resemble a gall bladder. It's a vivid anatomical metaphor from the ocean floor.

Stroke Order

hǎi
dǎn