滩头鱼

灘頭魚

tāntóuyú

noun

Measure Word

一条滩头鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 beachhead fish
2 shoal-dwelling fish (regional name for certain river fish)

Characters

Examples

湘江的滩头鱼味道鲜美。

Xiāngjiāng de tāntóuyú wèidào xiānměi.

The tan-tou fish of the Xiang River tastes delicious.

渔民在浅滩捕捉滩头鱼。

Yúmín zài qiǎntān bǔzhuō tāntóuyú.

Fishermen catch tan-tou fish in the shallow shoals.

Tips

usage

A regional/vernacular name — 滩头 (shoal head, shallow bank) + 鱼 — referring to several fish species that live on gravelly river shallows. Not a single Linnaean species.

Stroke Order

滩 tān

头 tóu

鱼 yú