鱼苗

魚苗

yúmiáo

noun #60,953

Meanings

HSK 7-9

池塘里放了很多鱼苗。

Chítáng lǐ fàng le hěnduō yúmiáo.

Lots of fish fry have been released into the pond.

HSK 7-9

春天，渔民从养殖场买回鱼苗，放进水库。

Chūntiān, yúmín cóng yǎngzhíchǎng mǎihuí yúmiáo, fàngjìn shuǐkù.

In spring the fishermen buy fry from the hatchery and release them into the reservoir.

usage

苗 is a seedling, as in 树苗 'sapling'. Farmers stretch it to young animals raised for stock, so fry are fish 'seedlings'.

鱼 yú

苗 miáo