Chinese word dictionary

鱼雷

yú léi · torpedo

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Word information

Simplified鱼雷

Traditional魚雷

Pinyinyú léi

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

鱼yú

fish

雷léi

thunder; surname

How to learn 鱼雷

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Words with the same characters

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鱼yú

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2]); surname Yu

打雷dǎléi

to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder

钓鱼diàoyú

to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

雷léi

surname Lei; thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

鲨鱼shāyú

shark

鳄鱼èyú

alligator; crocodile (CL:條|条[tiao2])