猫鱼

貓魚

māoyú

noun

Measure Word

一条猫鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 catfish (colloquial)
2 cheap small fish sold as cat food

Characters

Examples

菜市场有人在卖猫鱼。

Càishìchǎng yǒu rén zài mài māoyú.

Someone is selling cat-fish at the wet market.

奶奶用猫鱼喂院子里的猫。

Nǎinai yòng māoyú wèi yuànzi lǐ de māo.

Grandma feeds the yard cats with small fish.

Tips

usage

Colloquial and context-dependent. In everyday speech 猫鱼 often means cheap leftover fish sold as cat food (not a species). It can also loosely translate 'catfish' — but the standard term for catfish is 鲶鱼 niányú.

Stroke Order

猫 māo

鱼 yú