亚河豚

亞河豚
yàhétún
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

memory
Parse as (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 ) does refer to an aquatic mammal.

Stroke Order

tún