人鱼

人魚
rényú
noun #22,697

Measure Word

人鱼 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 mermaid
  2. 2 merman
  3. 3 sea creature with human upper body

Examples

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuān rényú gōngzhǔ de gùshì.
She has loved the story of The Little Mermaid since childhood.
Chuánshuō zhōng, rényú huì bǎ shuǐshǒu yǐn xiàng jiāoshí.
According to legend, mermaids would lure sailors onto the rocks.

Tips

culture
In Chinese, 人鱼 literally means 'human-fish'. The term can also refer to real animals: dugongs and manatees were historically called 人鱼 because of their humanlike silhouette when nursing.

Stroke Order

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