Chinese symbol for “bait”
诱饵
yòu ěr
Traditional: 誘餌
bait
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bait is 诱饵 (yòu ěr), defined as: bait.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bait”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饵 (餌) | ěr | pastry; food |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诱饵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诱惑 (誘惑) | yòu huò | to entice; to lure |
| 诱人 (誘人) | yòu rén | attractive; alluring; captivating |
| 引诱 (引誘) | yǐn yòu | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap) |
| 诱导 (誘導) | yòu dǎo | to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce |
| 诱发 (誘發) | yòu fā | to induce; to cause |
| 鱼饵 (魚餌) | yú ěr | fish bait |
| 散饵 (散餌) | sǎn ěr | groundbait |
| 禄饵 (祿餌) | lù ěr | official pay as bait (for talent) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bait”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.