Chinese symbol for “salvage”
打捞
dǎ lāo
Traditional: 打撈
to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for salvage is 打捞 (dǎ lāo), defined as: to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打捞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 捕捞 (捕撈) | bǔ lāo | to fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch |
| 捞钱 (撈錢) | lāo qián | lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means |
See also: Japanese symbol for “salvage”.
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.