“Fish” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “fish” is 魚 (sakana). In Chinese it is 鱼 (yú).
Japanese
魚
さかな · sakana
魚は新鮮です。
The fish is fresh.
Chinese (Simplified)
鱼
yú
这条鱼很新鲜。
The fish is fresh.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 条: 一条鱼 means “one fish”.
“Fish” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 魚 さかな · sakana | 魚は新鮮です。 |
| English | fish /fɪʃ/ | The fish is fresh. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 鱼 yú | 这条鱼很新鲜。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 魚 yú | 這條魚很新鮮。 |
| Korean | 생선 | 생선이 신선해요. |
| Spanish | pescado | El pescado está fresco. |
| French | poisson | Le poisson est frais. |
| German | Fisch | Der Fisch ist frisch. |
| Italian | pesce | Il pesce è fresco. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | peixe | O peixe está fresco. |
| Russian | рыба | Рыба свежая. |
| Arabic | سمك | السمك طازج. |
| Hindi | मछली | मछली ताज़ी है। |
| Indonesian | ikan | Ikannya segar. |
| Vietnamese | cá | Cá còn tươi. |
| Thai | ปลา | ปลาสด |
| Turkish | balık | Balık taze. |
| Dutch | vis | De vis is vers. |
| Swedish | fisk | Fisken är färsk. |
| Polish | ryba | Ryba jest świeża. |
