钓鱼 meaning in English

diàoyú

to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 釣魚16 strokes

Meaning of 钓鱼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diàoyú
  1. to fish (with line and hook); to angle
  2. (fig.) to entrap
  3. (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

钓鱼 in example sentences

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

你nǐ可kě以yǐ去qù游yóu泳yǒng或huò者zhě钓diào鱼yú。
You may go swimming or fishing.
我wǒ唯wéi一yī想xiǎng做zuò的de是shì去qù钓diào鱼yú。
All I want to do is go fishing.
我wǒ父fù亲qīn和hé我wǒ时shí不bù时shí地dì去qù钓diào鱼yú。
My father and I go fishing from time to time.
前qián几jǐ天tiān人rén生shēng第dì一yī次cì去qù钓diào鱼yú了le。
The other day I went fishing for the first time in my life.
我wǒ有yǒu一yī本běn关guān于yú钓diào鱼yú的de书shū。
I have a book about fishing.

Stroke order for each character

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

钓 diào · fishhook · 8 strokes

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

鱼 yú · fish · 8 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 钓鱼.

鲨鱼shāyúshark
鳄鱼èyúalligator; crocodile (CL:條|条[tiao2])
沽名钓誉gūmíng-diàoyùto angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments
鲸鱼jīngyúwhale
鱼雷yúléitorpedo
章鱼zhāngyúoctopus
鱿鱼yóuyúsquid
捕鱼bǔyúto catch fish; to fish
金枪鱼jīnqiāngyútuna
美人鱼měirényúmermaid
鲑鱼guīyúsalmon; trout
金鱼jīnyúgoldfish

Questions about 钓鱼

What does 钓鱼 mean?

钓鱼 (diàoyú) means "to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 钓鱼?

钓鱼 is made of 2 characters: 钓 (8 strokes), 鱼 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 钓鱼 an HSK word?

Yes. 钓鱼 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 钓鱼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 钓鱼 is written 釣魚.