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Hanzi

釣 / 钓

Traditional
釣
Simplified
钓

to fish with a hook and bait

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

diào

Bopomofo

ㄉㄧㄠˋ

Jyutping

diu3

Example sentences

釣 / 钓 diào
清晨，他坐在岸邊耐心地釣魚。
清晨，他坐在岸边耐心地钓鱼。

At dawn, he sat patiently on the riverbank fishing.

釣魚 / 钓鱼 diàoyú
週末他喜歡去河邊釣魚。
周末他喜欢去河边钓鱼。

He likes to go fishing by the river on weekends.

翁 wēng
那位老翁每天清晨在河邊釣魚。
那位老翁每天清晨在河边钓鱼。

That elderly man fishes by the river every morning.

Example Vocabulary

釣

diao4

to fish; to lure or obtain something by tempting means

垂釣

chui2'diao4

釣魚

diao4'yu2

to fish; fishing

釣魚島

釣魚台

釣具

diao4'ju4

釣客

diao4'ke4

釣杆

釣竿

diao4'gan1

釣鈎

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