Go fishing in Chinese (Mandarin): 钓鱼 (diàoyú)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 钓鱼

• 钓 / 釣

  To fish with a hook. 钅 (metal) is on the left, for the metal hook.

  8 strokes

• 鱼 / 魚

  Fish.

  8 strokes

钓鱼 is "hook fish". A fishing rod is 鱼竿 (yúgān).

More examples with 钓鱼

• 我和爷爷去钓鱼。

  我和爺爺去釣魚。

  Wǒ hé yéye qù diàoyú.

  Grandpa and I go fishing.

• 钓鱼要很安静。

  釣魚要很安靜。

  Diàoyú yào hěn ānjìng.

  You have to be quiet when fishing.

How to write 钓鱼 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: