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鱿鱼

yóu yú

2-character word Traditional 魷魚

What 鱿鱼 means

1. squid

The characters in 鱿鱼

• 鱿yóu(bound form) squid
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 鱿鱼有几只手？
  Yóuyú yǒu jǐ zhī shǒu?
  How many arms does a squid have?
• 鱿鱼有几只触手？
  Yóuyú yǒu jǐ zhī chùshǒu?
  How many arms does a squid have?
• 你害怕被炒鱿鱼吗？
  Nǐ hàipà bèi chǎo yóuyú ma?
  Are you afraid of being fired?
• 我差点就被炒鱿鱼了。
  I almost got fired.
• 丹因为琳达被炒了鱿鱼。
  Dan was fired because of Linda.
• 萨米因为偷窃被炒了鱿鱼。
  Sami was fired from his job for stealing.

Words containing 鱿鱼

• 炒鱿鱼chǎo yóu yú(colloquial) to fire sb; to sack sb

Sounds the same

Read yóu yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 由于due to; as a result of; thanks to
• 游鱼a fish moving about in water