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鲤鱼 meaning in English

lǐyú

carp

Traditional 鯉魚23 strokes

Meaning of 鲤鱼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lǐyú
  1. carp

鲤鱼 in example sentences

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

鲤lǐ鱼yú和hé鳟zūn鱼yú等děng鱼yú类lèi生shēng活huó在zài淡dàn水shuǐ中zhōng。
Fish such as carp and trout live in fresh water.

Stroke order for each character

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鲤 lǐ · carp · 15 strokes

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鱼 yú · fish · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 鲤鱼.

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
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 鲤鱼

What does 鲤鱼 mean?

鲤鱼 (lǐyú) means "carp".

How do you write 鲤鱼?

鲤鱼 is made of 2 characters: 鲤 (15 strokes), 鱼 (8 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

How is 鲤鱼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 鲤鱼 is written 鯉魚.