猫鱼

貓魚

māoyú

noun

Measure Word

一条猫鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 catfish
2 cheap small fish sold as cat food

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

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.

HSK 7-9

菜市场有人在卖猫鱼。

Càishìchǎng yǒurén zài mài māoyú.

Someone is selling cat-fish at the wet market.

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.

Stroke Order

猫 māo

鱼 yú