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鱼

yú

HSK 2 Character Traditional 魚 Measure word 条、尾

What 鱼 means

1. fish
2. used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone {鲍鱼|bào yú}, alligators and crocodiles {鳄鱼|è yú} and octopi {章鱼|zhāng yú})

Other readings

鱼 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yúsurname Yu

Example sentences

• 鱼能游。
  A fish can swim.
• 釜底游鱼。
  Fǔdǐyóuyú.
  A fish out of water.
• 鱼，谢谢。
  Fish, please.
• 这鱼没毒。
  This fish is free from poison.
• 肉还是鱼？
  Meat or fish?
• 我喜欢鱼。
  I like fish.

Words starting with 鱼

• 鱼鳞yú línfish scales
• 鱼肉yú ròuflesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression
• 鱼头yú tóufish head; fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
• 鱼类yú lèifishes
• 鱼缸yú gāngfish tank; fishbowl; aquarium
• 鱼翅yú chìshark fin
• 鱼片yú piànfish fillet; slice of fish meat
• 鱼塘yú tángfishpond
• 鱼贯yú guànone after the other; in single file
• 鱼子yú zǐfish eggs; roe
• 鱼尾yú wěifishtail
• 鱼雷yú léitorpedo
• 鱼丸yú wánfish ball
• 鱼钩yú gōufishhook
• 鱼龙混杂yú lóng hùn zálit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
• 鱼群yú qúnshoal of fish
• 鱼水yú shuǐfish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
• 鱼干yú gāndried fish
• 鱼夫yú fūfisher; fisherman
• 鱼排yú páifish steak
• 鱼池yú chífishpond
• 鱼油yú yóufish oil
• 鱼生yú shēngsliced raw fish
• 鱼种yú zhǒngfingerling

Words containing 鱼

• 钓鱼diào yúto fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap…
• 金鱼jīn yúgoldfish
• 鳄鱼è yúalligator; crocodile
• 鲨鱼shā yúshark
• 鲤鱼lǐ yúcarp
• 双鱼Shuāng yúPisces (star sign)
• 鱿鱼yóu yúsquid
• 章鱼zhāng yúoctopus
• 捕鱼bǔ yúto catch fish; to fish
• 美人鱼měi rén yúmermaid
• 鲍鱼bào yúabalone
• 钓鱼岛Diào yú DǎoDiaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also…
• 鲫鱼jì yúcrucian carp
• 甲鱼jiǎ yúsoftshell turtle
• 钓鱼台Diào yú táiDiaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls…
• 鲸鱼jīng yúwhale
• 如鱼得水rú yú dé shuǐlike a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
• 打鱼dǎ yúto fish
• 黄鱼huáng yúyellow croaker (fish)
• 鳗鱼mán yúeel
• 咸鱼xián yúsalted fish
• 三文鱼sān wén yúsalmon (loanword)
• 木鱼mù yúmokugyo; wooden fish (percussion instrument)
• 带鱼dài yúribbonfish; hairtail; beltfish

Characters that look like 鱼

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

• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 兔tùrabbit

Sounds the same

Read yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 于to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 余(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 愉pleased
• 娱to amuse
• 渔fisherman; to fish
• 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…