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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *魚* | 魚* | *魚
fish (CL:條|条,) / 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
Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking
naked carp / Gymnocypris przewalskii
salmon / trout
bighead carp / Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
salmon (loanword)
cuttlefish
turbot / European imported turbot / same as 大菱鮃|大菱鲆
halibut
octopus
coelacanth
alligator; crocodile (CL:條|条)
HSK 7-9
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
shark
HSK 7-9
Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)
gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae)
to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
HSK 7-9
to catch fish; to fish
soft-shelled turtle / also termed 鱉|鳖
tilapia
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
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
sweet and sour fish
ribbonfish / hairtail / beltfish / cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)
crucian carp
(loanword) basa (Pangasius bocourti)
(Tw) Spanish mackerel
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
mandarin fish
fighting fish (genus Betta)
octopus
to fish
(Tw) tuna
dace
goldfish
oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon
piranha
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
barbel (fish)
barracuda
flatfish / flounder
softshell turtle
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / stingray
squid
herring
salted fish
yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
tuna
abalone
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata) / white herring / slender shad
grass carp
silverfish / CL: 隻|只
Reeves shad (Tenualosa reevesii)
giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *魚* | 魚* | *魚
surname Yu
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
stir-fried yellow fish filet
mermaid
(Tw) tilapia
zebrafish
mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument)
lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net
mackerel
Chinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)
mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
turbot fish
sardine (loanword)
freshwater fish
swordfish
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
clownfish / anemonefish
Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
cod
trout
tuna (loanword)
deep-fried fish
Exocet (missile)
flying fish
sturgeon
(coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
flounder / plaice
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
fresh fish / living fish
a fish moving about in water
rudd
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
eel
yellow croaker (fish)

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