洪堡企鹅

洪堡企鵝

Hóngbǎo qǐ'é

noun

Measure Word

一只洪堡企鹅 zhī

Meanings

1 Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
2 South American penguin of Chile and Peru

Characters

flood; vast (phonetic)

fortress (phonetic)

stand on tiptoe

Examples

HSK 7-9

洪堡企鹅生活在南美西海岸的洪堡洋流区。

Hóngbǎo qǐ'é shēnghuó zài Nánměi xī hǎi'àn de Hóngbǎo yángliú qū.

Humboldt penguins live along the South American west coast in the Humboldt Current zone.

HSK 7-9

许多动物园都养殖洪堡企鹅。

Xǔduō dòngwùyuán dōu yǎngzhí Hóngbǎo qǐ'é.

Many zoos keep Humboldt penguins.

Tips

culture

Named after German polymath Alexander von Humboldt (洪堡), after whom both the cold Pacific current and this penguin species are named. The cold, nutrient-rich Humboldt Current is what lets a warm-latitude penguin survive near the equator.

Stroke Order

洪 hóng

堡 bǎo

企 qǐ

鹅 é