Dictionary › 吸血乌贼

吸血乌贼

xī xuè wū zéi

4-character word Traditional 吸血烏賊

What 吸血乌贼 means

1. vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)

The characters in 吸血乌贼

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě
• 乌wūcrow; black
• 贼zéithief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī xuè wū zéi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.