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鲸鱼

jīng yú

2-character word Traditional 鯨魚 Measure word 条

What 鲸鱼 means

1. whale

The characters in 鲸鱼

• 鲸jīngwhale
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

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.
• 我从没见过一条那幺大的鲸鱼。
  I never saw so big a whale.
• 据说鲸鱼以前是在陆地上生活的。
  Jùshuō jīngyú yǐqián shì zài lùdì shàng shēnghuó de.
  Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.

Words starting with 鲸鱼

• 鲸鱼座Jīng yú zuòCetus (constellation)

Sounds the same

Read jīng yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 精于skillful in; proficient in; adept at