上钩 meaning in English

shànggōu

to take the bait

Traditional 上鉤12 strokes

Meaning of 上钩

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shànggōu
  1. to take the bait

上钩 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

上shàng钩gōu了le!
Fish on!

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

钩 gōu · to hook · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 上钩.

马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上chē shang
上学shàngxuéto go to school; to attend school

Questions about 上钩

What does 上钩 mean?

上钩 (shànggōu) means "to take the bait".

How do you write 上钩?

上钩 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 钩 (9 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 上钩 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 上钩 is written 上鉤.