鰕虎鱼

鰕虎魚

xiāhǔyú

noun

Measure Word

一条鰕虎鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 goby (Gobiidae); variant of 虾虎鱼

Characters

shrimp (variant of 虾)

Examples

HSK 4

潮间带常见各种鰕虎鱼。

Cháo jiān dài chángjiàn gèzhǒng xiāhǔyú.

Various gobies are common in the intertidal zone.

HSK 7-9

鰕虎鱼的腹鳍愈合成吸盘。

Xiāhǔyú de fù qí yùhé chéng xīpán.

The pelvic fins of gobies are fused into a sucker.

Tips

usage

鰕 is an older form of 虾 (shrimp); the name is often written 虾虎鱼 in modern simplified texts. Ichthyology journals tend to keep the 鰕 form to match the Latin family name Gobiidae.

Stroke Order

鰕 xiā

虎 hǔ

鱼 yú