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海豚

hǎi tún

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

海豚 (hǎi tún) means "dolphin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 海豚 means

1. dolphin

The characters in 海豚

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 豚túnsuckling pig

Example sentences

• 海豚是哺乳动物。
  A dolphin is a mammal.
• 我弟弟们是海豚。
  My brothers are dolphins.
• 汤姆是海豚训练员。
  Tom is a dolphin trainer.
• 海豚是一种哺乳动物。
  Hǎitún shì yīzhǒng bǔrǔdòngwù.
  A dolphin is a kind of mammal.
• 他能像海豚一样游泳。
  He can swim like a dolphin.
• 海豚是十分聪明的动物。
  Hǎitún shì shífēn cōngming de dòngwù.
  The dolphin is a very intelligent animal.

Words starting with 海豚

• 海豚座Hǎi tún zuòDelphinus (constellation)
• 海豚音hǎi tún yīn(singing) (coll.) whistle note
• 海豚馆hǎi tún guǎndolphinarium

Words containing 海豚

• 鼠海豚shǔ hǎi túnporpoise
• 宽吻海豚kuān wěn hǎi túnbottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
• 瓶鼻海豚píng bí hǎi túnbottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

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