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渔

yú

HSK 6 Character Traditional 漁

What 渔 means

1. fisherman
2. to fish

Example sentences

• 渔人得利。
  Someone else profits from the situation.
• 他是一名渔夫。
  He's a fisherman.
• 他在用渔网捕鱼。
  Tā zài yòng yúwǎng bǔyú.
  He is using a fishing net to fish.
• 汤姆住在一个小渔村。
  Tom lived in a small fishing village.
• 授之以鱼，不如授之以渔。
  It is better to teach someone how to fish than to give someone a fish.
• 这个岛的经济依靠的是渔业。
  Zhège dǎo de jīngjì yīkào de shì yúyè.
  The economy of the island is dependent on the fishing industry.

Words starting with 渔

• 渔民yú mínfisherman; fisher folk
• 渔船yú chuánfishing boat
• 渔业yú yèfishing industry; fishery
• 渔夫yú fūfisherman
• 渔港yú gǎngfishing port
• 渔人yú rénfisherman
• 渔具yú jùfishing gear
• 渔利yú lìto make an unethical profit; benefits gained from others' conflict
• 渔场yú chǎngfishing ground
• 渔妇yú fùfisherwoman
• 渔获yú huòfish catch
• 渔网yú wǎngfishing net; fishnet
• 渔线yú xiànfishing line
• 渔轮yú lúnfishing vessel
• 渔阳Yú yángold place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
• 渔鼓yú gǔpercussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
• 渔船队yú chuán duìfishing fleet
• 渔人之利yú rén zhī lì(idiom) the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute
• 渔猎yú lièfishing and hunting; fig. to loot; to plunder
• 渔雕yú diāo(bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis)
• 渔捞yú lāofishing (as a commercial activity)
• 渔笼yú lóngfishing pot (trap)
• 渔鸥yú ōu(bird species of China) Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
• 渔汛yú xùnfishing season

Words containing 渔

• 李渔Lǐ YúLi Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
• 禁渔jìn yúban on fishing
• 坐收渔利zuò shōu yú lìbenefit from others' dispute (idiom)
• 南方澳渔港Nán fāng ào Yú gǎngNanfang-ao Port in Yilan County 宜兰县
• 竭泽而渔jié zé ér yúlit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the…
• 褐渔鸮hè yú xiāo(bird species of China) brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
• 毛脚渔鸮máo jiǎo yú xiāo(bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
• 黄腿渔鸮huáng tuǐ yú xiāo(bird species of China) tawny fish owl (Ketupa flavipes)
• 授之以鱼不如授之以渔shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yúgive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a…
• 授人以鱼不如授人以渔shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yúgive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a…
• 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lìlit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both…
• 涸泽而渔hé zé ér yúsee 竭泽而渔

Characters built on 鱼

These share the phonetic component 鱼 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 鲁lǔ(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
• 稣sūarchaic variant of 苏; to revive
• 鲈lúcommon perch; bass

Characters that look like 渔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 涵hánto contain; to include; culvert
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 涣huànto dissipate; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 于to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 鱼fish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 余(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 愉pleased
• 娱to amuse
• 愚to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 舆(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 逾to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 渝(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 予(archaic) I; me
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems
• 虞(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…