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鲨鱼

shā yú

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 鯊魚

鲨鱼 (shā yú) means "shark". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 鲨鱼 means

1. shark

The characters in 鲨鱼

• 鲨shāshark
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 我要让你下海喂鲨鱼。
  I'm gonna feed you to the sharks.
• 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.
• 鲨鱼对电子信号和噪音很敏感。
  Shāyú duì diànzǐ xìnhào hé zàoyīn hěn mǐngǎn.
  Sharks are sensitive to electrical impulses as well as sound.
• 鲨鱼的皮比鲔鱼的皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú de pí bǐ wěiyú de pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.

Sounds the same

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

• 沙鱼variant of 鲨鱼

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