| | fish (CL: 條｜条, 尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚｜鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚｜鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚｜章鱼) | HSK 2 |
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| | loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) | HSK 4 |
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| | to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) | HSK 2 |
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| | aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) | HSK 5 |
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| | fish eggs; roe | |
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| | penis fish; fat innkeeper worm (Urechis unicinctus) | |
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| | betta fish; Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) / Chinese betta; paradise fish (genus Macropodus) | |
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| | skate (cartilaginous fish of the family Rajidae) / (coll.) ray (fish) | |
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| | fish oil | |
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| | to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | dried fish | |
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| | to fish out (from pocket) / to scoop | HSK 6 |
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| | putrid fish | |
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| | oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth | |
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| | fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬｜鹏 | |
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| | freshwater fish | |
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| | to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | saltwater fish | |
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| | paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) | |
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| | saltwater fish | |
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| | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | |
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| | lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me | |
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| | to fish up / to dredge up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism | |
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| | lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck | |
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| | give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom) | |
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| | tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish | |
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| | lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts | |
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| | fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy | |
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| | dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal | |
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| | to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy | |
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| | to fish | |
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| | downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc | |
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| | lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts | |
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| | (archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang) | |
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| | to angle for fame (idiom) / to fish for compliments | HSK 7-9 |
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| | grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) | |
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| | to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild | |
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| | to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch | |
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| | (idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript | |
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| | to debone / (of meat or fish) boneless | |
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| | there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) | |
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| | gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) | |
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| | "fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind / The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing) | |
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| | to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net | |
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| | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action | |
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| | lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom) / fig. to experience a reversal of fortune | |
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| | to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚｜浑水摸鱼 | |
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| | the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) | |
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| | to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain | |
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| | fishes | |
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| | to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) | |
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| | lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) | |
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| | piranha (fish) | |
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| | to fish with a hook and line; to angle | |
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| | sliced raw fish | |
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| | fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise | |
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| | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim | |
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| | bony fishes / Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish) | |
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| | "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study | |
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| | aquarium / fish tank | |
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| | fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) | |
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| | yellow croaker (fish) / corvina | |
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| | (Tw) common name for paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) | |
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| | the fish hold (of a fishing vessel) | |
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| | scale (of fish, reptiles etc) | |
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| | deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura") | |
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| | fish-spear / sharp | |
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| | fish bait | |
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| | to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) | |
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| | to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) | |
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| | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible | |
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| | butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another / internecine strife | |
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| | tropical fish | |
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| | basket for trapping fish | |
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| | fish meal | |
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| | cuts and bruises like fish scales / terribly cut up | |
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| | (bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis) | |
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| | silverfish (Lepisma saccarina) / fish moth | |
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| | fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) | |
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| | a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee | |
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| | (dialect) partition or screen made of plaited bamboo (or rushes, grain stalks etc); a weir of similar construction used to trap fish | |
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| | strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene | |
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| | to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat | |
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| | oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth | |
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| | use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns | |
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| | (of fish) to migrate | |
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| | fisherman / to fish | |
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| | non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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| | lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk | |
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| | Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia | |
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| | jawed (fish) | |
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| | freshwater fish | |
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| | lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty | |
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| | net cage (fish farming) | |
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| | taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste | |
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| | fish / old variant of 鮮｜鲜 | HSK 4 |
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