HSK 5 · Sport

钓 diào “to fish with a hook and bait” in Chinese

Traditional 釣

What 钓 means

  1. to fish with a hook and bait
  2. to fish with a hook and line
  3. to angle

How to say 钓

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale钓diào4th tone, falling

钓 in a sentence

  1. 我昨天钓到一条大鱼。

    Wǒ zuótiān diàodào yì tiáo dà yú.

    I caught a big fish yesterday.

    Sentence #344882 from Tatoeba

  2. 我喜欢和父亲一起去钓鱼。

    Wǒ xǐhuan hé fùqīn yìqǐ qù diàoyú.

    I like to go fishing with my father.

    Sentence #1672011 from Tatoeba

  3. 我从没在晚上钓过鱼。

    Wǒ cóngméi zài wǎnshang diàoguo yú.

    I’ve never been fishing at night.

    Sentence #5942066 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 钓 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 钓 (diào) with each of its parts in a different colour
钓diàoto fish with a hook and line; to angle
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīn
  • 勺spoon · sháo

How to write 钓

钓 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

钓 (diào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 钓 (diào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 钓

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FAQs

钓 (diào) means “to fish with a hook and bait” or “to fish with a hook and line”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it diào: diào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 钓 is written 釣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 钓 from the suggestions. Typing diao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
钓 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.