Chinese symbol for “fry”
鱼苗
yú miáo
Traditional: 魚苗
fry; newly hatched fish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fry is 鱼苗 (yú miáo), defined as: fry; newly hatched fish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲲 (鯤) | kūn | fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏 (Péng) |
| 煎炸 | jiān zhá | to fry |
| 炮 | bāo | to sauté; to fry |
| 鱼花 (魚花) | yú huā | fry; newly hatched fish |
| 秧 | yāng | sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鱼苗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鱼类 (魚類) | yú lèi | fishes |
| 鲨鱼 (鯊魚) | shā yú | shark |
| 钓鱼 (釣魚) | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap |
| 捕鱼 (捕魚) | bǔ yú | to catch fish; to fish |
| 鱼雷 (魚雷) | yú léi | torpedo |
| 鳄鱼 (鱷魚) | è yú | alligator; crocodile (条 (tiáo)) |
| 疫苗 | yì miáo | vaccine |
| 苗条 (苗條) | miáo tiao | (of a woman) slim; slender |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fry”.
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.