Pterosaur in Chinese (Mandarin): 翼龙 (yìlóng)

翼龙
yìlóng
pterosaur
- Simplified
- 翼龙
- Traditional
- 翼龍
- Pinyin
- yìlóng
- Typed as
- yilong
Use it in a sentence
翼龙在天上飞。
翼龍在天上飛。
The pterosaur flies in the sky.
The characters in 翼龙
翼
Wing. 羽 (feather) is on top.
17 strokes
龙 / 龍
Dragon; in dinosaur names, a dinosaur.
5 strokes
翼龙 is the "wing dragon". Pterosaurs flew in the time of the dinosaurs, but they weren't really dinosaurs.
More examples with 翼龙
翼龙有大大的翅膀。
翼龍有大大的翅膀。
Yìlóng yǒu dàdà de chìbǎng.
The pterosaur has big wings.
翼龙飞过大海。
翼龍飛過大海。
Yìlóng fēi guò dàhǎi.
The pterosaur flies over the sea.
How to write 翼龙 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
翼 17 strokes
龙 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
龍 16 strokes
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