釣魚

diào yú

A2 Level 4*
Separable verb

釣魚 (diào yú) is a Chinese word meaning “to fish (with line and hook); to angle”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4* (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

週末他喜歡去海邊釣魚。

On weekends he likes fishing by the sea.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).