Chinese symbol for “grouper”
石斑鱼
shí bān yú
Traditional: 石斑魚
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grouper is 石斑鱼 (shí bān yú), defined as: grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grouper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鮨 | qí | sushi; grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 石斑鱼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
| 宝石 (寶石) | bǎo shí | precious stone; gem; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 化石 | huà shí | fossil |
| 斑点 (斑點) | bān diǎn | spot; stain |
| 斑马 (斑馬) | bān mǎ | zebra; measure word: 匹 (pǐ) |
| 鱼类 (魚類) | yú lèi | fishes |
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.