Dictionary › 河马

河马

hé mǎ

2-character word Traditional 河馬

What 河马 means

1. hippopotamus

The characters in 河马

• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess

Example sentences

• 河马喜欢水。
  Hémǎ xǐhuan shuǐ.
  Hippopotamuses love water.
• 大象比河马重，不是吗 ?
  Elephants are heavier than hippos, aren't they?

Sounds the same

Read hé mǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 荷马Homer, poet of ancient Greece