土豚 (tǔ tún) — aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

Definition

noun
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • 土豚。
    tǔ tún Shì yì zhǒng shēng huó zài fēi zhōu de dòng wù.
    The aardvark is an animal that lives in Africa.
  • 土豚。
    Wǒ zài dòng wù yuán dì yī cì kàn dào le tǔ tún.
    I saw an aardvark for the first time at the zoo.
  • 土豚,。
    tǔ tún De bí zi hěn cháng, yòng lái zhǎo mǎ yǐ chī.
    An aardvark's nose is very long, used to find ants to eat.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

土tǔearth

土 earth and 豚 pig combine for the earth pig, the aardvark.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

豚 is made by combining 肉 (meat) and 豕 (pig).

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