zūn
noun #35,188

Measure Word

一条 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 trout
  2. 2 barbel (a type of fish)

Examples

Tā zài shānxī lǐ diào dào yì tiáo zūn.
He caught a trout in the mountain stream.
Sānwényú hé hóngzūn shì qīnqi.
Salmon and rainbow trout are relatives.

Tips

usage
Almost never used as a single character today — appears in compounds like (hóngzūn, rainbow trout) and 鳟鱼 (zūnyú, trout). Note the ('fish') radical on the left, the standard pattern for fish names. CC-CEDICT lists a Taiwan reading [zun4].

Stroke Order

zūn