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豚

tún

Character

What 豚 means

1. suckling 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 豚

• 豚鼠tún shǔguinea pig (Cavia porcellus)

Words containing 豚

• 海豚hǎi túndolphin
• 土豚tǔ túnaardvark
• 水豚shuǐ túncapybara
• 江豚jiāng túnriver dolphin
• 河豚hé túnblowfish; puffer (Tetraodontidae)
• 鲸豚jīng túncetacean
• 海豚座Hǎi tún zuòDelphinus (constellation)
• 海豚音hǎi tún yīn(singing) (coll.) whistle note
• 海豚馆hǎi tún guǎndolphinarium
• 鼠海豚shǔ hǎi túnporpoise
• 宽吻海豚kuān wěn hǎi túnbottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
• 河豚毒素hé tún dú sùtetrodotoxin (TTX)
• 瓶鼻海豚píng bí hǎi túnbottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
• 白𬶨豚bái jì túnChinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
• 白鳍豚bái qí túnsee 白𬶨豚

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 肫zhūngizzard

Characters that look like 豚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 琳língem
• 胳gēarmpit
• 眺tiàoto gaze into the distance
• 琢zhuóto cut (gems)
• 揪jiūto seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
• 脓nóngpus

Sounds the same

Read tún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 屯to station (soldiers); to store up; village
• 臀buttocks; hips; rump
• 囤to store; to hoard
• 饨used in 馄饨; Taiwan pr. dùn
• 芚green sprout; foolish
• 軘war chariot
• 鲀pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae)
• 㹠old variant of 豚