| 曹白鱼 |
cáo bái yú |
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata) / white herring / slender shad |
| 曹 |
Cáo |
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo |
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
| 白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
| 白鱼 |
bái yú |
whitefish |
| 鱼 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 鱼 |
yú |
fish (CL:条,尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 and octopi 章鱼) |