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金枪鱼

jīn qiāng yú

3-character word Traditional 金槍魚

What 金枪鱼 means

1. tuna

The characters in 金枪鱼

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 日本人喜欢吃金枪鱼。
  Rìběnrén xǐhuan chī jīnqiāngyú.
  Japanese people like to eat tuna.
• 鲨鱼皮比金枪鱼皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú pí bǐ jīnqiāngyú pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
• Tom汞中毒了，因为他每天都吃罐装金枪鱼。
  T om gǒng zhòngdú le, yīnwèi tā měitiān dōu chī guànzhuāng jīnqiāngyú.
  Tom got mercury poisoning from eating canned tuna every day.