袋狼

dàiláng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 thylacine
  2. 2 Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus, extinct marsupial)

Examples

Dàiláng yú yī jiǔ sān liù nián mièjué.
The thylacine went extinct in 1936.
Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū fùhuó dàiláng de kěnéngxìng.
Scientists are researching the possibility of resurrecting the thylacine.

Tips

memory
'pouch' marks marsupials in Chinese: 袋鼠 'pouch-mouse' = kangaroo, 'pouch-bear' = wombat, 袋狼 'pouch-wolf' = thylacine. The wolf-like body plus a pouch makes the name read as a perfect description.

Stroke Order

dài
láng