釣 (diu3) — fishhook in Cantonese
diu˗₃釣简 钓
Mandarin Pinyin: diao4
Meaning of 釣
nounfishhook
nounlure; tempt
nounfish (with a hook and a line); angle
Example Sentences with 釣
keoiˏ₅佢hai2dou6喺diu3jyu2...度daan6hai6釣zung1jyu1魚…diu3dou2但laap6saap3係終於釣到垃圾
He's fishing... but, he wound up catching some rubbish!
heoi˗₃去wuˎ₄湖diu˗₃釣jyuˎ₄魚
Go fishing at the lake.
haiˊ²喺wongˎ₄黃hoiˊ²海diu˗₃釣jyuˎ₄魚
Fishing in the Yellow Sea.
haiˊ²喺zungˉ¹中gwok˗₃國hoiˊ²海diu˗₃釣jyu4.魚。
Fishing in the China Sea.
keoiˏ₅佢diu˗₃釣dou˗₃到tiuˎ₄條sekˍ₆石gauˊ²狗gung1.公。
He caught a rock grouper.
Words Containing 釣
釣魚用具diu3 jyu2 jung6 geoi6
fishing tackle
釣魚島diu3 jyu4 dou2
Diaoyu Islands; Fishing Islands
釣金龜diu3 gam1 gwai1
to look for a rich husband
釣大魚diu3 daai6 jyu2
literally: to catch a big fish; to catch a big criminal [colloquial]
釣高嚟賣diu3 gou1 lei4 maai6
to play hard to get [colloquial]
釣泥猛diu3 nai4 maang5
an unlicensed cab trolling for passengers [colloquial]
釣魚diu3 jyu2
slang - sleeping or daydreaming in class, seminar, church, etc.
上釣soeng5 diu3
took the bait
釣水魚diu3 seoi2 jyu2
to "fish" (i.e. to wait for) a "turtle"
釣餌diu3 nei6
bait
釣蝦diu3 haa1
to "fish" shrimp
釣泥鯭diu3 nai4 maang1
refers to an unlicensed taxi trolling around looking for passengers waiting for the bus with the fare being a little higher than bus fare (lit., "hooking a rabbit fish")
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