海蛞蝓

hǎikuòyú

noun

Measure Word

一只海蛞蝓 zhī

Meanings

1 sea slug
2 nudibranch

Characters

Examples

海蛞蝓的颜色非常鲜艳。

Hǎikuòyú de yánsè fēicháng xiānyàn.

Sea slugs have extremely vibrant colors.

潜水时我们看到了好几种海蛞蝓。

Qiánshuǐ shí wǒmen kàndàole hǎojǐ zhǒng hǎikuòyú.

While diving we saw several different kinds of sea slugs.

Tips

memory

蛞蝓 (kuoyu) by itself is the land slug. Add 海 ('sea') and you get the marine cousin. Both share the 虫 (worm/insect) radical, marking them as soft-bodied creatures.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

蛞 kuò

蝓 yú