魚: fish

 

魚 [鱼] yú

radical 195 | noun
: fish

Kun Reading

魚 | うお uo

noun
: fish

魚 | さかな sakana

noun
: fish

 Usage:

魚[鱼]雷 yu2lei2: torpedo [ぎょらい gyorai]

魚[鱼]丸 yu2wan2: fish ball

[丸 | がん gan: fishball; meatball. pill]

金魚[鱼] jin1yu2: gold fish [きんぎょ kingyo]

金槍魚 [金枪鱼] jin1 qiang1 yu2: tuna
金魚佬 [金鱼佬] jin1 yu2 lao3: (cantonese) pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor)

鯨魚 [鲸鱼] jing1yu2: whale

鮭魚 [鲑鱼] gui1yu2: salmon; trout

[さけりょう sakeryou: salmon fishing]

鱷魚 [鳄鱼] e4yu2: alligator; crocodile
[鰐 | わに wani: crocodile; alligator
: (archaic) shark]

釣魚 [钓鱼] diao4yu2: to fish (with line and hook); to dupe
[釣魚 | ちょうぎょ chougyo: fishing; angling]

飛魚 [飞鱼] fei1yu2: flying fish; Exocet (missile)
[飛魚 | とびうお tobiuo: flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)]

Japanese expression | idiomatic expression | proverb
金魚の糞 | きんぎょのふん kingyo no fun OR きんぎょのうんこ kingyo no unko
: lit. goldfish feces. fig. person who tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person

魚心あれば水心 | うおごころあればみずごころ uo gokoro areba mizu gokoro
OR
魚心有れば水心有り | うおこころあればみずこころあり uo kokoro areba mizu kokoro ari
: if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; mutual back-scratching

*沈魚落雁閉月羞花 | ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうか chingyo rakuganhei getsu shuuka
: charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish sinks and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame

木に縁って魚を求む | きによってうおをもとむ ki ni yotte uo o motomu
: to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)

釣り落とした魚は大きい | つりおとしたさかなはおおきい tsuriotoshita sakana wa ookii
: the biggest fish is always the one that got away

Chinese expression | idiom | proverb
炒魷魚 [炒鱿鱼] chao3 you2 yu2
: to be fired; to fire

魚目混珠 [鱼目混珠] yu2 mu4 hun4 zhu1
: to pass off fish eyes for pearls; to pass off fake products as genuine

魚龍混雜 [鱼龙混杂] yu2 long2 hun4 za2
: lit. fish and dragons mixed in together; fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk

*沉魚落雁 [沉鱼落雁] chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4
: lit. fish sink, goose alights (from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

緣木求魚 [缘木求鱼] yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2
: lit. climb a tree to catch a fish; fig. to attempt the impossible

大魚大肉 [大鱼大肉] da4 yu2 da4 rou4
: dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish; lavish meal

鯉魚跳龍門 [鲤鱼跳龙门] li3 yu2 tiao4 long2 men2
: gain quick success

放長線釣大魚 [放长线钓大鱼] fang4 chang2 xian4 diao4 da4 yu2
: use a long line to catch a big fish; a long-term plan for major returns

三天打魚，兩天曬網 [三天打鱼，两天晒网] san1 tian1 da3 yu2 , liang3 tian1 shai4 wang3
: lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days; fig. not to persevere in doing something; to do something by fits and starts

薑太公釣魚，願者上鉤 [姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩] tai4 gong1 diao4 yu2 , yuan4 zhe3 shang4 gou1
: (refers to early sage Jiang ZiYa 薑子牙|姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one’s head in the noose (willingly)

城門失火，殃及池魚 [城门失火，殃及池鱼] cheng2 men2 shi1 huo3 , yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2
: fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat. A bystander will also suffer. fig. you can’t escape responsibility for your actions. Ask not for whom the bell tolls – it tolls for thee

授人以魚不如授人以漁 [授人以鱼不如授人以渔] shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2
: give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; knowledge is the best charity