白鲸

白鯨

báijīng

noun #18,590

Measure Word

一只白鲸 zhī

Meanings

1 beluga whale
2 white whale

Characters

Examples

白鲸生活在北极附近的海域。

Báijīng shēnghuó zài Běijí fùjìn de hǎiyù.

Beluga whales live in waters near the Arctic.

水族馆里有一只白鲸。

Shuǐzúguǎn lǐ yǒu yī zhī báijīng.

There is a beluga whale in the aquarium.

Tips

memory

白 (white) + 鲸 (whale) — a white whale, the beluga.

In Pop Culture

白鲸记 Báijīng Jì

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville's novel about obsessive whale hunting

Stroke Order

白 bái

鲸 jīng