Chinese Word: 鳃 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

鳃 (Trad.: 鰓)

Pinyin: sāi

English Definition: gills of fish

Chinese Definition:
①多数水生动物的呼吸器官，用来吸收溶解在水中的氧。鱼鳃主要生在头部两侧。

Total strokes: 17; Radical: 魚

Pictophonetic:思 indicates the sound; 鱼 (fish) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 鱼 [ yú ] fish
- 思 [ sī ] to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle

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Example Words

七鳃鳗	qī sāi mán	lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
鳃裂	sāi liè	gill slit (in fish)
羽鳃鲐	yǔ sāi tái	Indian mackerel
瓣鳃纲	bàn sāi gāng	Lamellibranchia; class of bivalves
鳃弓	sāi gōng	visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)

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Example Sentences

1		yú 鱼 hé 和 kē dǒu 蝌蚪 dōu 都 yǒu 有 sāi 鳃。 Both fish and tadpoles have gills.
2		rú guǒ 如果 sāi 鳃 méi yǒu 没有 bèi 被 kǎ zhù 卡住， zài 在 shōu wǎng 收网 qián 前 tā men 它们 kě néng 可能 bèi kùn 被困 zài 在 wǎng 网 lǐ 里 shǔ 数 xiǎo shí 小时。 Theymay suffocate in the net, because, with their gills constricted, theycannot breathe. If not, they may remain trapped for many hours beforethe nets are pulled in.
3		yī wèi 一位 hǎi yáng xué jiā 海洋学家 zhè yàng 这样 shuō dao 说道。 tā 他 zhèng 正 zhǔn bèi 准备 yán 沿 sāi 鳃 dào 到 gāng mén 肛门 pōu kāi 剖开 zhè 这 tiáo 条 zhòng 重 300 gōng jīn 公斤， hún shēn 浑身 shì 是 xuè 血 de 的 shā yú 鲨鱼。 "She looks really good apart from the fact that she is dead, " one of the marine staff said before getting to work slitting open the 300kg blood-soaked shark from the gills to the anus.
4		suǒ yǐ 所以 nǐ 你 bú huì 不会 zài 在 bǔ rǔ dòng wù 哺乳动物 shēn shang 身上 zhǎo dào 找到 yǔ máo 羽毛， huò shì 或是 zài 在 líng zhǎng lèi dòng wù 灵长类动物 shēn shang 身上 zhǎo dào 找到 sāi 鳃。 For this reason, you won' t ever find feathers on a mammal or gills on a primate.
5		shì shí shàng 事实上， zhè xiē 这些 páng rán dà wù 庞然大物 jiù shì 就是 shā yú 鲨鱼： tā men 它们 bù jǐn 不仅 xiàng 像 yú 鱼 yí yàng 一样 yòng 用 sāi 鳃 hū xī 呼吸， ér qiě 而且 hái shi 还是 lěng xuè dòng wù 冷血动物。 The behemoths are indeed sharks: They breathe through gills, like fish. They are cold-blooded, like fish.

More Sentences

1		yú 鱼 hé 和 kē dǒu 蝌蚪 dōu 都 yǒu 有 sāi 鳃。 Both fish and tadpoles have gills.
2		rú guǒ 如果 sāi 鳃 méi yǒu 没有 bèi 被 kǎ zhù 卡住， zài 在 shōu wǎng 收网 qián 前 tā men 它们 kě néng 可能 bèi kùn 被困 zài 在 wǎng 网 lǐ 里 shǔ 数 xiǎo shí 小时。 Theymay suffocate in the net, because, with their gills constricted, theycannot breathe. If not, they may remain trapped for many hours beforethe nets are pulled in.
3		yī wèi 一位 hǎi yáng xué jiā 海洋学家 zhè yàng 这样 shuō dao 说道。 tā 他 zhèng 正 zhǔn bèi 准备 yán 沿 sāi 鳃 dào 到 gāng mén 肛门 pōu kāi 剖开 zhè 这 tiáo 条 zhòng 重 300 gōng jīn 公斤， hún shēn 浑身 shì 是 xuè 血 de 的 shā yú 鲨鱼。 "She looks really good apart from the fact that she is dead, " one of the marine staff said before getting to work slitting open the 300kg blood-soaked shark from the gills to the anus.
4		suǒ yǐ 所以 nǐ 你 bú huì 不会 zài 在 bǔ rǔ dòng wù 哺乳动物 shēn shang 身上 zhǎo dào 找到 yǔ máo 羽毛， huò shì 或是 zài 在 líng zhǎng lèi dòng wù 灵长类动物 shēn shang 身上 zhǎo dào 找到 sāi 鳃。 For this reason, you won' t ever find feathers on a mammal or gills on a primate.
5		shì shí shàng 事实上， zhè xiē 这些 páng rán dà wù 庞然大物 jiù shì 就是 shā yú 鲨鱼： tā men 它们 bù jǐn 不仅 xiàng 像 yú 鱼 yí yàng 一样 yòng 用 sāi 鳃 hū xī 呼吸， ér qiě 而且 hái shi 还是 lěng xuè dòng wù 冷血动物。 The behemoths are indeed sharks: They breathe through gills, like fish. They are cold-blooded, like fish.

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