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鳄鱼

è yú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 鱷魚 Measure word 条

鳄鱼 (è yú) means "alligator; crocodile". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 鳄鱼 means

1. alligator; crocodile

The characters in 鳄鱼

• 鳄è(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 蛇吃掉了鳄鱼。
  The snake ate the crocodile.
• 他的腿被鳄鱼咬了。
  Tā de tuǐ bèi èyú yǎo le.
  His leg was bitten by a crocodile.
• 鳄鱼有尖利的牙齿。
  èyú yǒu jiānlì de yáchǐ.
  Crocodiles have sharp teeth.
• 木头或许能在水里呆上十年，但它终究不可能变成一条鳄鱼。
  Mùtou huòxǔ néng zài Shuǐlǐ dāi shàng shí nián, dàn tā zhōngjiū bù kěnéng biànchéng yī tiáo èyú.
  Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.

Words starting with 鳄鱼

• 鳄鱼夹è yú jiācrocodile clip; spring clip
• 鳄鱼眼泪è yú yǎn lèicrocodile tears

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