钓鱼

釣魚

diào yú

HSK 7freq #8342

Meanings

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diào yú

1.to fish (with line and hook); to angle
2.(fig.) to entrap
3.(Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

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Wiktionary

1.to fish; to angle
2.to dupe; to trick; to deceive; to catfish
3.to entrap someone; to enforce the law by framing a case against the captured
4.to phish
5.to nod off; to doze off (in class, meeting, etc. and lower and raise the head cyclically, like the tip of a fishing rod)
6.to troll

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Etymology

Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English phishing, 6 is probably influenced by -bait.

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Stroke order

Components

钓钅勺

鱼⺈田㇐

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

他酷爱钓鱼。
He is fond of fishing.
他酷爱钓鱼。
He loves fishing.
他酷爱钓鱼。
He loves to fish.
我跟他去钓鱼。
I'm going fishing with him.
他是个钓鱼专家。
He is an expert at fishing.
上个周一我去钓鱼了。
I went fishing last Monday.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

引戰引战垂釣垂钓

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Related words

钓鱼杆 fishing rod 钓鱼者 angler 钓鱼岛 Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands 钓鱼台 Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China 钓鱼竿 fishing rod 钓鱼执法 (law) entrapment 钓鱼式攻击 (computing) phishing attack 稳坐钓鱼台 lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)