mǒ xiāng jīng

Traditional: 抹香鯨

抹香鲸 (mǒ xiāng jīng) is a Chinese word meaning “sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)”.

Meanings

  1. 1sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)

Characters in 抹香鲸

抹mā · to wipe香xiāng · fragrant鲸jīng · whale

Related words

香fragrant香槟(loanword) champagne抹to wipe抹to smear抹to plaster香水perfume香烟smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line香烟cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2]) (variant of 香煙|香烟[xiang1 yan1])口香糖chewing gum香肠sausage香蕉banana香港Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港[Gang3])

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