鲨鱼 meaning in English

shāyú

shark

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 鯊魚23 strokes

Meaning of 鲨鱼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shāyú
  1. shark

鲨鱼 in example sentences

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

我wǒ要yào让ràng你nǐ下xià海hǎi喂wèi鲨shā鱼yú。
I'm gonna feed you to the sharks.
鲨shā鱼yú对duì电diàn子zi信xìn号hào和hé噪zào音yīn很hěn敏mǐn感gǎn。
Sharks are sensitive to electrical impulses as well as sound.
鲨shā鱼yú皮pí比bǐ金jīn枪qiāng鱼yú皮pí粗cū糙cāo多duō了le。
The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.

Stroke order for each character

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鲨 shā · shark · 15 strokes

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鱼 yú · fish · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 鲨鱼.

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
炒鱿鱼chǎoyóuyú(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb

Questions about 鲨鱼

What does 鲨鱼 mean?

鲨鱼 (shāyú) means "shark" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 鲨鱼?

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

Is 鲨鱼 an HSK word?

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

How is 鲨鱼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 鲨鱼 is written 鯊魚.