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Trad. 魚
- fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
- used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
Trad. 魚麗
- "fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind
- The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing)
Trad. 魚鼓
- percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
Trad. 魟魚
- skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae)
- stingray
Trad. 釣魚
- to fish (with line and hook); to angle
- (fig.) to entrap
- (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
Trad. 銀魚
- oriental whitebait
- slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon
Trad. 魚水
- fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
Trad. 魚池
- Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
Trad. 摸魚
- to catch fish
- (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy
Trad. 鰆魚
- Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
- see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[ma3 jiao1 yu2]
Trad. 魚肉
- flesh of fish
- fish and meat
- (fig.) victims of oppression
- (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
Trad. 刀魚
- tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes)
- various species of cutlassfish
- saury
Trad. 魚腩
- soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy)
- (fig.) (sports) weak team; pushover; minnow
Trad. 魚香
- yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.)
Trad. 曹白魚
- Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
- white herring
- slender shad
Trad. 魚麗陣
- (archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots
Trad. 飛魚族
- "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study
Trad. 鮁魚圈
- Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[Ying2 kou3 shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 釣魚島
- Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
Trad. 石斑魚
- grouper (Portuguese: garoupa)
- also called 鮨
- Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
Trad. 釣魚臺
- Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China