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鲸

jīng

Character Traditional 鯨

What 鲸 means

1. whale

Example sentences

• 丢鲱鱼抓鲸鱼。
  Diū fēiyú zhuā jīngyú.
  Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
• 你见过鲸鱼吗？
  Have you ever seen a whale?
• 鲸鱼是哺乳动物。
  A whale is a mammal.
• 我从来没见过那么大一条鲸。
  Wǒ cóngláiméi jiàn guo nàme dàyī tiáo jīng.
  Never have I seen such a big whale.
• 我从来没见过那幺大一条鲸。
  Never have I seen such a big whale.
• 我从没见过一条那么大的鲸鱼。
  Wǒ cóngméi jiàn guo yī tiáo nàme dà de jīngyú.
  I never saw so big a whale.

Words starting with 鲸

• 鲸鱼jīng yúwhale
• 鲸波jīng bōhuge wave or breaker
• 鲸目jīng mùCetacea (whale family)
• 鲸落jīng luòwhale fall
• 鲸鱼座Jīng yú zuòCetus (constellation)
• 鲸鲨jīng shāwhale shark (Rhincodon typus)
• 鲸豚jīng túncetacean
• 鲸头鹳jīng tóu guànshoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex)

Words containing 鲸

• 捕鲸bǔ jīngto whale; to hunt whales
• 白鲸bái jīngbeluga whale
• 蓝鲸lán jīngblue whale
• 虎鲸hǔ jīngorca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
• 须鲸xū jīngbaleen whale; Mysticeti
• 齿鲸chǐ jīngtoothed whales; Odontoceti
• 座头鲸zuò tóu jīnghumpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• 抹香鲸mǒ xiāng jīngsperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
• 捕鲸船bǔ jīng chuánwhaler; whaling vessel
• 杀人鲸shā rén jīngorca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
• 独角鲸dú jiǎo jīngnarwhal (Monodon monoceros)
• 驼背鲸tuó bèi jīnghumpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• 蚕食鲸吞cán shí jīng tūn(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)…
• 逆戟鲸nì jǐ jīngorca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
• 一角鲸yī jiǎo jīngnarwhal (Monodon monoceros)

Characters that look like 鲸

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

• 鲤lǐcarp
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 鳃sāigills of fish
• 鲭qīngmackerel
• 鲣jiānbonito
• 鲼fènany ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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