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fish Often pronounced in Jyutping with changed tone jyu4*2 when used as a single word and in many compounds.
Stroke count: 11
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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人魚 jan4 jyu4 = Mermaid; Merman 美人魚 mei5 jan4 jyu4 = Mermaid (Beautiful) 金魚 gam1 jyu4*2 = goldfish 魚生 jyu4 saang1 = raw fish; sashimi 魚兒 jyu4 ji4 = [n] fish; fishes 國 三文魚 saam1 man4 jyu4*2 = salmon 煎魚 zin1 jyu4*2 = to pan-fry a fish; pan-fried fish 釣魚 diu3 jyu4*2 = to fish, fishing 鹹魚 haam4 jyu4*2 = salted fish; dead body 八爪魚 baat3 zaau2 jyu4 = octopus 魚池 jyu4 ci4 = fishpond 魚缸 jyu4 gong1 = fish tank; aquarium 魚骨 jyu4 gwat1 = fishbone 粵 魚油 jyu4 jau4 = fish oil 草魚 cou2 jyu4*2 = grass carp; Chinese ide (fish) 飛魚 fei1 jyu4 = flying fish; fast swimmer 海水魚 hoi2 seoi2 jyu4*2 = a sea fish 粵 鹹水魚 haam4 seoi2 jyu4*2 = a saltwater fish 粵 失魂魚 sat1 wan4 jyu4*2 = absent-minded fellow 粵 咖喱魚蛋 gaa3 lei1 jyu4 daan6*2 = curry fish balls (common formation) 沙門魚 saa1 mun4 jyu4*2 = salmon 魚片 jyu4 pin3*2 = fillets of fish 生魚片 saang1 jyu4*2 pin3*2 = a slice of sashimi (raw fish) 黃魚 wong4 jyu4*2 = croaker; yellow-fin tuna 大魚大肉 daai6 jyu4 daai6 juk6 = overly extravagant 鯊魚 saa1 jyu4 = shark 吞拿魚 tan1 naa4 jyu4*2 = tuna 沙甸魚 saa1 din6*1 jyu4*2 = sardine 粵 江魚仔 gong1 jyu4 zai2 = anchovy 魚翅 jyu4 ci3 = shark's fin (soup) 炒魷魚 caau2 jau4 jyu4*2 = get the sack 粵 魷魚 jau4 jyu4*2; jau4 jyu4 = squid 鯨魚 king4 jyu4*2 = whale 鯇魚 waan5 jyu4*2 = grass carp 鮑魚 baau6*1 jyu4 = abalone 鰻魚 maan4 jyu4 = eel 沙丁魚 saa1 ding1 jyu4*2 = sardine 國 鯉魚 lei5 jyu4*2 = common carp (fish) 魚鰭 jyu4 kei4 = fin (on a fish) 魚鱗 jyu4*2 leon4 = fish scales 鰂魚涌 zak1 jyu4 cung1 = Quarry Bay (MTR station) 烏魚 wu1 jyu4*2 = mullet 嘉魚 gaa1 jyu4*2 = charr (a type of freshwater fish); Jiayu (place in Hubei) 墨魚 mak6 jyu4 = cuttlefish 魚絲 jyu4 si1 = (fishing) line 混水摸魚 wan6 seoi2 mo2 jyu4 = fish in troubled waters 貓魚 maau1 jyu4*2 = a small fish as cat's food 三文魚子 saam1 man4 jyu4 zi2 = salmon roe; red caviar 塘蝨魚 tong4 sat1 jyu4*2 = walking catfish 墨魚丸 mak6 jyu4 jyun4*2 = cuttlefish ball 多子魚 do1 zi2 jyu4*2 = shishamo smelt; capelin 大地魚 daai6 dei6 jyu4*2 = sole (fish) 粵 小丑魚 siu2 cau2 jyu4*2 = clownfish, anemonefish 帶魚 daai3 jyu4*2 = belt fish; hairtail fish 彈塗魚 taan4 tou4 jyu4*2 = mudskipper 木魚 muk6 jyu4*2 = dried bonito; dried skipjack 林哥魚 lam4 go1 jyu4*2 = goby 柴魚 caai4 jyu4*2 = dried cod 水魚 seoi2 jyu4*2 = soft-shell turtle; a dupe 粵 淡水魚 taam5 seoi2 jyu4*2 = freshwater fish 粵 烏頭魚 wu1 tau4 jyu4*2 = mullet; striped-mullet 煙三文魚 jin1 saam1 man4 jyu4*2 = smoked salmon 牙帶魚 ngaa4 daai3 jyu4*2 = hairtail fish; belt fish 粵 琵琶魚 pei4 paa4 jyu4*2 = blackmouth goosefish; angler 生魚 saang1 jyu4*2 = snakehead (fish) 粵 白飯魚 baak6 faan6 jyu4*2 = noodlefish 紅衫魚 hung4 saam1 jyu4*2 = [1] golden threadfin bream [2] (Hong Kong) 100-dollar note 粵 石斑魚 sek6 baan1 jyu4*2 = grouper, garoupa; [粵] rock cod 石狗公魚 sek6 gau2 gung1 jyu4*2 = dusky stingfish 秋刀魚 cau1 dou1 jyu4*2 = Pacific saury 角魚 gok3 jyu4*2 = bluefin gurnard 豬魚 zyu1 jyu4*2 = spiny boxfish 銀魚 ngan4 jyu4*2 = anchovy 馬頭魚 maa5 tau4 jyu4*2 = horsehead; tilefish 魚丸 jyu4 jyun4*2 = minced fish ball 魚蛋 jyu4 daan6*2 = fish ball 魚露 jyu4 lou6 = fish sauce 魚鷹 jyu4 jing1 = cormorant bird; great cormorant 鯆魚 pou1 jyu4*2 = skate; sting ray 鰂魚 zak1 jyu4*2 = crucian carp; golden carp 鳳尾魚 fung6 mei5 jyu4*2 = anchovy 雙魚星座 soeng1 jyu4 sing1 zo6 = Pisces 雞泡魚 gai1 pou5 jyu4*2 = puffer; globe fish 魚白 jyu4 baak6*2 = fish sperm; milt; roe 魚肚 jyu4 tou5 = fish maw, swim / gas / air bladder 魚花 jyu4 faa1 = fish fry; minnows 獅子魚 si1 zi2 jyu4*2 = a sea snail 鱟魚 hau6 jyu4*2 = a horsefoot 大魚 daai6 jyu4*2 = big game 左口魚 zo2 hau2 jyu4*2 = halibut 吞那魚 tan1 naa5 jyu4*2 = tunny 撻沙魚 taat3 saa1 jyu4*2 = Macao sole 魚欄 jyu4 laan4*1 = hatch (fish) 魚尾紋 jyu4 mei5 man4 = crow's-feet 魚生粥 jyu4 saang1 zuk1 = rice gruel with thin raw fish slices 桂花魚 gwai3 faa1 jyu4*2 = freshwater grouper 粵 扁魚 bin2 jyu4*2 = bream 吞拿魚三文治 tan1 naa4 jyu4*2 saam1 man4 zi6 = tuna sandwich 吞拿魚治 tan1 naa4 jyu4 zi6 = tuna sandwich 金魚街 gam1 jyu4*2 gaai1 = Goldfish Market 魚翅餃 jyu4 ci3 gaau2 = shark fin dumpling 鯪魚 leng4 jyu4*2 = mud carp (fish) 鹹魚雞粒炒飯 haam4 jyu4 gai1 lap1 caau2 faan6 = fried rice with salted fish and diced chicken 鯪魚球 leng4 jyu4 kau4 = dace balls 八帶魚 baat3 daai3 jyu4*2 = octopus 釣魚用具 diu3 jyu4*2 jung6 geoi6 = fishing tackle 魚唇 jyu4 seon4 = fish maw 食人魚 sik6 jan4 jyu4*2 = the red piranha / pirana 魚雷 jyu4 leoi4 = torpedo, "fish bombs" 魚膠 jyu4 gaau1 = isinglass, fish glue, gelatin, gelatine 孔雀魚 hung2 zoek3 jyu4*2 = a guppy (fish) 咖哩魷魚 gaa3 lei1 jau4 jyu4*2 = curry squid 魚翅瓜 jyu4 ci3 gwaa1 = shark fin melon 鹹魚茄子 haam4 jyu4*2 ke4*2 zi2 = Chinese eggplant stir-fried with salted fish 燒魚 siu1 jyu4*2 = [n][v] roast fish 娃娃魚 waa1 waa1 jyu4*2 = giant salamander 熱帶魚 jit6 daai3 jyu4*2 = tropical fish 魚蛋粉 jyu4 daan6*2 fan2 = [n] fish ball with vermicelli 魚蛋河 jyu4 daan6*2 ho4*2 = [n] fish balls with rice noodles (魚蛋河粉) 魚蛋河粉 jyu4 daan6*2 ho4 fan2 = fish balls with rice noodles (common formation) 魚蛋妹 jyu4 daan6*2 mui6*1 = a prostitute (no intercourse involved) 粵 魚竿 jyu4 gon1 = [n] a fishing rod 魚肝油 jyu4 gon1 jau4 = [n] cod liver oil; fish liver oil; Oleum Jecoris Piscis 魚狗 jyu4 gau2 = [n] kingfisher 魚笱 jyu4 gau2 = [n] a basket trap for fish 魚目混珠 jyu4 muk6 wan6 zyu1 = passing off something fake as genuine 魚肚白 jyu4 tou5 baak6 = the whitish color of a fish's belly; grey dawn 釣水魚 diu3 seoi2 jyu4*2 = to "fish" (i.e. to wait for) a "turtle" 粵 鱷魚眼淚 ngok6 jyu4 ngaan5 leoi6 = crocodile tears; false or insincere weeping, a hypocritical display of emotions (common formation) 炒老板魷魚 caau2 lou5 baan2 jau4 jyu4*2 = to quit a job (also 炒老細魷魚) 炒老細魷魚 caau2 lou5 sai3 jau4 jyu4*2 = to quit a job (also 炒老板魷魚) 粵 長魚 coeng4 jyu4*2 = an eel 大眼金魚 daai6 ngaan5 gam1 jyu4*2 = a person with heightened vigilance (lit., "big-eyed goldfish") 金魚佬 gam1 jyu4 lou2 = a child molester, a pedophile 粵 金魚缸 gam1 jyu4 gong1 = goldfish bowl; brothel with women wearing numbers behind a glass wall; the stock exchange 醃鹹魚 jip3 haam4 jyu4*2 = salted fish; sweat profusely 粵 鹹魚翻生 haam4 jyu4*2 faan1 saang1 = to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure 魚蛋檔 jyu4 daan6*2 dong3 = brothel 粵 魚腩 jyu4 naam5 = a loser (in gambling); a sucker (with bets) 粵 魚眼雪 jyu4 ngaan5 syut3 = sleet 多舊魚 do1 gau6 jyu4*2 = useless 粵 魚翅撈飯 jyu4 ci3 lou1 faan6 = great meal 粵 魚刺 jyu4 ci3 = fishbone 魚子醬 jyu4 zi2 zoeng3 = caviar 雄人魚 hung4 jan4 jyu4 = a merman 賣魚佬 maai6 jyu4 lou2 = a fishmonger 粵 雞絲魚翅 gai1 si1 jyu4 ci3 = shark fin soup with shredded chicken (also 雞翅) 塘魚 tong4 jyu4*2 = pondfish 殃及池魚 joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4 = get the innocent bystanders into trouble 墨魚站 mak6 jyu4 zaam6 = a vehicle emissions testing center 粵 墨魚頭 mak6 jyu4 tau4 = an idiot (lit., "cuttlefish head") 粵 銀鱈魚 ngan4 syut3 jyu4*2 = silver cod 豆豉鯪魚 dau6 si6 leng4 jyu4*2 = dace fish and preserved black beans 腳魚 goek3 jyu4 = a soft shelled turtle 粵 甲魚 gaap3 jyu4 = a soft shelled turtle 桂魚 gwai3 jyu4*2 = chuatsi; a freshwater grouper 蝦虎魚 haa1 fu2 jyu4*2 = a goby 魚柳 jyu4*2 lau5 = fish fillets 土鯪魚 tou2 leng4 jyu4*2 = dace fish, mud carp 粵 沉魚落雁 cam4 jyu4*2 lok6 ngaan6 = unequalled beauty 虱目魚 sat1 muk6 jyu4*2 = milkfish, bangus 柴魚命 caai4 jyu4*2 meng6 = spare the rod, spoil the child 粵 魔鬼魚 mo1 gwai2 jyu4*2 = devil ray 周打魚湯 zau1 daa2 jyu4 tong1 = fish chowder 粵 (common formation) 打魚佬 daa2 jyu4 lou2 = fisherman, fishermen 粵 鮑魚刷 baau1 jyu4 caat3*2 = a type of brush shaped like an abalone 粵 鮑魚菇 baau1 jyu4 gu1 = abalone mushrooms 粵 鱷魚頭 ngok6 jyu4 tau4 = a ruthless or cruel person; a business that destroys/swallows its competitors 粵 鱷魚潭 ngok6 jyu4 taam4 = a dangerous place; the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 粵 魚糧 jyu4 loeng4 = fish food 黑魚 hak1 jyu4*2 = blackfish, snakehead 鰨沙魚 taat3 saa1 jyu4*2 = a flatfish 粵 塘虱魚 tong4 sat1 jyu4*2 = sheatfish (a large freshwater catfish) 粵 五餅二魚 ng5 beng2 ji6 jyu4 = five loaves two fishes in the feeding of the five thousand (in the Bible); endless supply of 如魚得水 jyu4 jyu4 dak1 seoi2 = to be in one's element; like a duck in water 捉魚 zuk1 jyu4*2 = to fish 粵 竹尖魚 zuk1 zim1 jyu4*2 = barracuda 海狼魚 hoi2 long4 jyu4*2 = barracuda 梭魚 so1 jyu4*2 = barracuda 魚皮餃 jyu4 pei4 gaau2 = fish skin dumpling 粵 黃花魚 wong4 faa1 jyu4*2 = yellow croaker 多春魚 do1 ceon1 jyu4*2 = capelin (fish) 紅鱒三文魚 hung4 zyun6*1 saam1 man4 jyu4*2 = sockeye salmon 粵 紅鱒鮭魚 hung4 zyun6*1 gwai1 jyu4*2 = sockeye salmon 國 鮎魚 nim4 jyu4*2 = catfish (also 鯰魚) 鯰魚 nim4 jyu4*2 = catfish (also 鮎魚 ) 戙企水魚 dung6 kei5 seoi2 jyu4*2 = short and chubby; pudgy 粵 得魚忘筌 dak1 jyu4 mong4 cyun4 = forget the means by which one\'s end is achieved 魚卵 jyu4*2 leon2 = roe 魚子 jyu4 zi2 = roe 魚貫 jyu4 gun3 = one after another 釣魚島 diu3 jyu4 dou2 = Diaoyu Islands; Fishing Islands 花鳥蟲魚 faa1 niu5 cung4 ju4 = nature; the world of nature 粵 金槍魚 gam1 coeng1 jyu4*2 = tuna fish 魚尾夾 jyu4*2 mei5 gap3*2 = foldback clips 鮑魚掣 baau1 jyu4*2 zai3 = electric switchcircuit breaker 粵 魚肉 jyu4 juk6 = bully; flesh of fish 鱷魚 ngok6 jyu4 = alligator, crocodile 雙魚座 soeng1 jyu4 zo6 = Pisces 鯽魚 zak1 jyu4*2 = crucian carp; tilapia (fish) 鱒魚 zyun1 jyu4*2 = trout 鰈魚 dip6 jyu4*2 = sole (fish) 鮭魚 gwai1 jyu4*2 = salmon 鮪魚 fui2 jyu4*2 = tuna fish 鱈魚 syut3 jyu4*2 = cod; codfish; haddock 鯛魚 diu1 jyu4*2 = porgy; snapper (fish) 鱸魚 lou4 jyu4*2 = sea bass; perch (fish) 鯧魚 coeng1 jyu4*2 = pomfret (fish) 鰱魚 lin4 jyu4*2 = silver carp (fish) 鱔魚 sin5 jyu4 = swamp eel 鯡魚 fei1 jyu4*2 = herring (fish) 鰉魚 wong4 jyu4*2 = sturgeon (fish) 鰤魚 si1 jyu4*2 = yellowtail kingfish 鱆魚 zoeng1 jyu4 = octopus 鰳魚 lak6 jyu4*2 = Chinese herring; shad (fish) 鰷魚 tiu4 jyu4*2 = minnow (fish) 虹鱒魚 hung4 zyun6*1 jyu4*2 = rainbow trout (fish) 釣魚台 diu3 jyu4*2 toi4 = Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands; Tiu Yue Toi 魚腥草 jyu4 seng1 cou2 = herba houttuyniae 鯉魚門 lei5 jyu4 mun4 = Lei Yue Mun (Pass) 章魚 zoeng1 jyu4 = variant of 鱆魚 霉香鹹魚 mui4 hoeng1 haam4 jyu4*2 = dried, salted fish 食得鹹魚抵得渴 sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 dai2 dak1 hot3 = One must bear the consequences of one's own choice. 粵 腔棘魚 hong1 kik1 jyu4*2 = a coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) 鯉魚泡疹病毒 lei5 jyu4*2 paau1 can2 beng6 duk6 = Koi Herpes Virus Disease (KHVD) (common formation) 九肚魚 gau2 tou5 jyu4*2 = bombay duck (fish) 粵 魚雲 jyu4*2 wan4 = fish brains 沉魚落雁,閉月羞花 cam4 jyu4*2 lok6 ngaan6 bai3 jyut6 sau1 faa1 = (of feminine beauty) makes fish sink and birds alight, the moon fades and flowers close 鰠魚 sou1 jyu4*2 = a kind of fish; an ell; a carp 鱷魚頭老襯底 ngok6 jyu4 tau4 lou5 can3 dai2 = a person who looks very fierce or clever but actually is very chicken or stupid 粵 魚絲絃 jyu4 si1 jin4 = nylon string 賣魚佬洗身 maai6 jyu4 lou2 sai2 san1 = no response; no hope of success 粵 魚與熊掌,不可兼得 jyu4 jyu5 hung4 zoeng2, bat1 ho2 gim1 dak1 = have to choose between one or the other (because you can't have both) 姜太公釣魚,願者上釣 goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu4*2 jyun6 ze2 soeng5 diu3 = one would do something voluntarily if that's what he wants to do. 緣木求魚 jyun4 muk6 kau4 jyu4 = attempt the impossible 魚尾獅 jyu4*2 mei5 si1 = The Merlion 山椒魚 saan1 ziu1 jyu4*2 = cryptobranchoidea, salamander 魚水和諧 jyu4*2 seoi2 wo4 haai4 = to live in harmony 魚鰓 jyu4 soi1 = gill 龍魚 lung4 jyu4*2 = dragonfish 授人以魚,不如授人以漁 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 = it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish 魚式 jyu4 sik1 = [yoga] Matsyasana, Fish 杭州鹹魚白切鴨 hong4 zau1 haam4 jyu4*2 baak6 cit3 aap3 = Hangzhou dish of steamed duck pieces served with slices of salted fish 寶貝魚 bou2 bui3 jyu4*2 = a babelfish 鹵水墨魚 lou5 seoi2 mak6 jyu4 = spiced cuttlefish Chaozhou style; 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Showing all 8 examples containing 魚
佢喺度釣魚…但係終於釣到垃圾 粵
He's fishing... but, he wound up catching some rubbish! [Lit. He currently fishing... but, he finally catch-arrive rubbish!]
佢乜嘢魚都鍾意食。 粵
She likes to eat any kind of fish. [In this sentence, 乜嘢都 somehow becomes "any kind of". ]
喐吓就燕窩魚翅,實情有水 粵
For no good reason he'll have bird's nest and shark's fin as a meal; he must really be rich.
魚蛋粉有魚蛋,牛丸粉有牛丸,咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。 粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven. [A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |