草鱼

草魚

cǎoyú

noun

Measure Word

一条草鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 grass carp

Characters

Examples

我们在池塘里养了不少草鱼。

Wǒmen zài chítáng lǐ yǎng le bùshǎo cǎoyú.

We raise quite a few grass carp in the pond.

这条草鱼足有三斤重。

Zhè tiáo cǎoyú zú yǒu sān jīn zhòng.

This grass carp weighs a full three jin.

Tips

culture

草鱼 is one of the 'four famous domesticated fish' (四大家鱼) of China, alongside 青鱼, 鲢鱼 and 鳙鱼 — staples of freshwater aquaculture for over a thousand years.

Stroke Order

草 cǎo

鱼 yú