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鱿鱼 meaning in English

yóuyú

squid

Traditional 魷魚20 strokes

Meaning of 鱿鱼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yóuyú
  1. squid

鱿鱼 in example sentences

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

鱿yóu鱼yú有yǒu几jǐ只zhī触chù手shǒu？
How many arms does a squid have?
丹dān因yīn为wèi琳lín达dá被bèi炒chǎo了le鱿yóu鱼yú。
Dan was fired because of Linda.
当dāng在zài餐cān馆guǎn里lǐ时shí，不bù能néng点diǎn炒chǎo鱿yóu鱼yú。
At the restaurant, do not order fried squid.
我wǒ差chà点diǎn就jiù被bèi炒chǎo鱿yóu鱼yú了le。
I almost got fired.
你nǐ害hài怕pà被bèi炒chǎo鱿yóu鱼yú吗ma？
Are you afraid of being fired?

Stroke order for each character

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鱿 yóu · cuttlefish · 12 strokes

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鱼 yú · fish · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 鱿鱼.

鲨鱼shāyúshark
钓鱼diàoyúto fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap
鳄鱼èyúalligator; crocodile (CL:條|条[tiao2])
鲸鱼jīngyúwhale
鱼雷yúléitorpedo
章鱼zhāngyúoctopus
捕鱼bǔyúto catch fish; to fish
金枪鱼jīnqiāngyútuna
美人鱼měirényúmermaid
鲑鱼guīyúsalmon; trout
金鱼jīnyúgoldfish
炒鱿鱼chǎoyóuyú(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb

Questions about 鱿鱼

What does 鱿鱼 mean?

鱿鱼 (yóuyú) means "squid".

How do you write 鱿鱼?

鱿鱼 is made of 2 characters: 鱿 (12 strokes), 鱼 (8 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 鱿鱼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 鱿鱼 is written 魷魚.