水栖

水棲

shuǐqī

adjective

Meanings

1 aquatic
2 living in water

Characters

to perch; to inhabit

Examples

鸭嘴兽是一种水栖哺乳动物。

Yāzuǐshòu shì yī zhǒng shuǐqī bǔrǔ dòngwù.

The platypus is an aquatic mammal.

这个湖里有许多水栖昆虫。

Zhège hú lǐ yǒu xǔduō shuǐqī kūnchóng.

There are many aquatic insects in this lake.

Tips

memory

栖 (qī) means ‘to perch / inhabit’ — it appears in 栖息 (qīxī, to dwell). So 水栖 literally ‘perches in water’, the biology term for aquatic habitat.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

栖 qī