信天翁

xìntiānwēng

noun #24,059

Measure Word

一只信天翁 zhī

Meanings

1 albatross (family Diomedeidae)

Characters

to trust; to believe

old man; elderly male

Examples

信天翁是世界上翼展最大的鸟之一。

Xìntiānwēng shì shìjiè shàng yìzhǎn zuìdà de niǎo zhī yī.

The albatross is one of the birds with the largest wingspan in the world.

水手们认为信天翁是吉祥鸟。

Shuǐshǒumen rènwéi xìntiānwēng shì jíxiáng niǎo.

Sailors considered the albatross a lucky bird.

他在南大洋看到了一只信天翁。

Tā zài Nán Dàyáng kàndào le yī zhī xìntiānwēng.

He saw an albatross in the Southern Ocean.

Tips

memory

信天 means 'trusting in heaven/sky' and 翁 means 'old man'. So the albatross is poetically the 'old man who trusts in the sky' — fitting for a bird that soars over oceans for years without landing.

Stroke Order

信 xìn

天 tiān

翁 wēng