亚河豚

亞河豚
yàhétún
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Amazon river dolphin
  2. 2 boto (Inia geoffrensis)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yàhétún shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de dànshuǐ tún lèi.
The Amazon river dolphin is the largest freshwater dolphin in the world.
HSK 7-9
Chéngnián yàhétún de pífū cháng chéng fěnhóngsè.
Adult Amazon river dolphins often have pink skin.

Tips

memory
Parse as 亚 (short for 亚马逊 Amazon) + 河豚 (river dolphin, literally 'river pig'). So 亚河豚 is 'Amazon-river-pig' - the pink boto.
mistakes
Despite sharing the character, 河豚 in most contexts means 'pufferfish' (Takifugu). Only in the compound 亚河豚 (and related dolphin names like 江豚) does 豚 refer to an aquatic mammal.

Stroke Order

亚 Yà
河 hé
豚 tún