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jyu4
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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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魚 / 鱼 | ||
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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 See all 240 compounds (CantoDict reports 245 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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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. |