| 1 | 鱼 | 魚 | yú | Yu2 | fish; Classifiers: 条 ; surname Yu | | |
| 2 | 鱼类 | 魚類 | yú lèi | yu2 lei4 | fishes | | |
| 3 | 鲫鱼 | 鯽魚 | jì yú | ji4 yu2 | Crucian carp | | |
| 4 | 捕鱼 | 捕魚 | bǔ yú | bu3 yu2 | to catch fish; to fish | | |
| 5 | 鲤鱼 | 鯉魚 | lǐ yú | li3 yu2 | blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); carp | | |
| 6 | 金鱼 | 金魚 | jīn yú | jin1 yu2 | goldfish | | |
| 7 | 鳄鱼 | 鱷魚 | è yú | e4 yu2 | alligator; crocodile | | |
| 8 | 钓鱼 | 釣魚 | diào yú | diao4 yu2 | to fish (with line and hook); to dupe | | |
| 9 | 鱼群 | 魚群 | yú qún | yu2 qun2 | shoal of fish | | |
| 10 | 鱼种 | 魚種 | yú zhǒng | yu2 zhong3 | fingerling | | |
| 11 | 鱼池 | 魚池 | yú chí | Yu2 chi2 | fishpond; Yuchi or Yuchih township in Nantou county 南投县 , central Taiwan | | |
| 12 | 鱼苗 | 魚苗 | yú miáo | yu2 miao2 | fry; newly hatched fish | | |
| 13 | 草鱼 | 草魚 | cǎo yú | cao3 yu2 | grass carp | | |
| 14 | 鲻鱼头 | 鯔魚頭 | zī yú tóu | zi1 yu2 tou2 | mullet (hairstyle) | | |
| 15 | 鲽鱼 | 鰈魚 | dié yú | die2 yu2 | flounder; plaice | | |
| 16 | 塘角鱼 | 塘角魚 | táng jiǎo yú | tang2 jiao3 yu2 | Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus) | | |
| 17 | 不是鱼死就是网破 | 不是魚死就是網破 | bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò | bu4 shi4 yu2 si3 jiu4 shi4 wang3 po4 | lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom); fig. it's a life-and-death struggle; it's either him or me | | |
| 18 | 鱼薯 | 魚薯 | yú shǔ | yu2 shu3 | fish and chips (abbr. for 炸鱼薯条 ) | | |
| 19 | 鲔鱼肚 | 鮪魚肚 | wěi yú dù | wei3 yu2 du4 | (cuisine) tuna belly; (Tw) (fig.) (coll.) potbelly; paunch | | |
| 20 | 鲃鱼 | 䰾魚 | bā yú | ba1 yu2 | barbel (fish) | | |
| 21 | 沈鱼落雁 | 沈魚落雁 | chén yú luò yàn | chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 | lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子 ); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts; variant of 沉鱼落雁 | | |
| 22 | 鲅鱼圈 | 鮁魚圈 | bà yú quān | Ba4 yu2 quan1 | Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 营口市 , Liaoning | | |
| 23 | 左口鱼 | 左口魚 | zuǒ kǒu yú | zuo3 kou3 yu2 | flounder | | |
| 24 | 鲍鱼 | 鮑魚 | bào yú | bao4 yu2 | abalone | | |
| 25 | 斑鱼狗 | 斑魚狗 | bān yú gǒu | ban1 yu2 gou3 | (bird species of China) pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) | | |