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钓

diào

HSK 5 Character Traditional 釣

What 钓 means

1. to fish with a hook and line; to angle

Example sentences

• 他喜欢钓鱼。
  He likes fishing.
• 他酷爱钓鱼。
  He is fond of fishing.
• 他们会钓鱼。
  They can fish.
• 她酷爱钓鱼。
  She loves to fish.
• 钓鱼怎么样？
  How was the fishing?
• 我想去钓鱼。
  I wanted to go fishing.

Words starting with 钓

• 钓鱼diào yúto fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap…
• 钓鱼岛Diào yú DǎoDiaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also…
• 钓鱼台Diào yú táiDiaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls…
• 钓竿diào gānfishing rod
• 钓具diào jùfishing tackle
• 钓客diào kèangler
• 钓杆diào gǎnfishing rod
• 钓针diào zhēnfishhook
• 钓凯子diào kǎi zi(slang) (of women) to hunt for rich, attractive guys
• 钓鱼杆diào yú gānfishing rod
• 钓鱼者diào yú zhěangler
• 钓鱼执法diào yú zhí fǎ(law) entrapment
• 钓钩diào gōufishhook
• 钓鱼式攻击diào yú shì gōng jī(computing) phishing attack
• 钓钩儿diào gōu rerhua form of 钓钩
• 钓鱼竿diào yú gānfishing rod

Words containing 钓

• 垂钓chuí diàoangling
• 冰钓bīng diàoice fishing
• 海钓hǎi diàosea angling
• 野钓yě diàowild angling
• 稳坐钓鱼台wěn zuò diào yú táilit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)…
• 放长线钓大鱼fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yúuse a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
• 鱿钓yóu diàosquid fishing (typically using lights at night to attract them)
• 沽名钓誉gū míng diào yùto angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments
• 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú táilit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)…
• 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōuJiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook…
• 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōuJiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook…

Characters built on 勺

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

• 杓biāo(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle; (literary) collective name for the three stars…
• 尥liàoto give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)

Characters that look like 钓

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

• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 狗gǒudog
• 钨wūtungsten (chemistry)
• 钩gōuto hook; to sew; to crochet
• 钙gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 钧jūn30 catties; great; your (honorific)

Sounds the same

Read diào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 掉to fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 吊to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person
• 调to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate
• 铫pan with a long handle
• 窎(literary) distant; deep; profound
• 蓧bamboo basket
• 藋Sambucu javinica
• 伄used in 伄儅
• 铞see 钌铞儿