胖婴鱼

胖嬰魚
pàngyīngyú
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 stout infantfish (Schindleria brevipinguis)
  2. 2 one of the world's smallest vertebrates

Examples

HSK 4
Pàngyīngyú zhǐyǒu qī háomǐ cháng.
The stout infantfish is only seven millimeters long.
HSK 7-9
Pàngyīngyú shì shìjiè shàng zuì xiǎo de jǐzhuī dòngwù zhīyī.
The stout infantfish is one of the smallest vertebrates in the world.

Tips

memory
Parse as "chubby infant fish" - brevipinguis means "short and fat" in Latin, and the fish retains a larva-like neotenic body as an adult. Lives only on the Great Barrier Reef.

Stroke Order

pàng
yīng