| 生鱼片 | shēng yú piàn | sashimi |
| 白鱼 | bái yú | whitefish |
| 石斑鱼 | shí bān yú | grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) |
| 石鲮鱼 | shí líng yú | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater |
| 硬骨鱼 | Yìng gǔ yú | bony fishes; Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish) |
| 秋刀鱼 | qiū dāo yú | Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) |
| 稳坐钓鱼台 | wěn zuò diào yú tái | lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation; a cool head in a crisis |
| 立鱼 | lì yú | tilapia |
| 章鱼 | zhāng yú | octopus |
| 箭鱼 | jiàn yú | swordfish |
| 糖醋鱼 | táng cù yú | sweet and sour fish |
| 糟溜黄鱼 | zāo liū huáng yú | stir-fried yellow fish filet |
| 糟溜黄鱼片 | zāo liū huáng yú piàn | stir-fried yellow fish filet |
| 纸鱼 | zhǐ yú | silverfish (Lepisma saccarina); fish moth |
| 缘木求鱼 | yuán mù qiú yú | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible |
| 罗汉鱼 | luó hàn yú | flowerhorn cichlid |
| 美人鱼 | měi rén yú | mermaid |
| 胡瓜鱼 | hú guā yú | smelt (family Osmeridae) |
| 胭脂鱼 | yān zhī yú | mullet |
| 临川羡鱼 | lín chuān xiàn yú | see 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 |
| 临河羡鱼 | lín hé xiàn yú | see 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 |
| 临渊羡鱼 | lín yuān xiàn yú | see 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 |
临渊羡鱼不如退而
结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net |
临渊羡鱼，
不如退而结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú ,
bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | better to go home and weave a net, than to stand by the pond and covet fish (idiom) |
| 自相鱼肉 | zì xiāng yú ròu | butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another; internecine strife |
| 茹鱼 | rú yú | putrid fish |
姜太公钓鱼，
愿者上钩 | Jiāng tài gōng diào yú ,
yuàn zhě shàng gōu | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 虱目鱼 | shī mù yú | milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| 蝙鱼 | biān yú | bream |
| 虾虎鱼 | xiā hǔ yú | goby (flat fish, Gobiidae) |
| 虾虎鱼科 | xiā hǔ yú kē | Gobiidae (suborder of perch) |
| 蠹鱼 | dù yú | silverfish; CL:只 |
| 蠹鱼子 | dù yú zi | silverfish; CL:只 |
| 赤睛鱼 | chì jīng yú | rudd |
| 军曹鱼 | jūn cáo yú | cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum) |
| 软骨鱼 | ruǎn gǔ yú | cartilaginous fish (such as sharks) |
| 金枪鱼 | jīn qiāng yú | tuna |
| 金鱼佬 | jīn yú lǎo | pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor) |
| 针鱼 | zhēn yú | saury fish (family Scomberesocidae) |
| 钓鱼 | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook); to dupe |
| 钓鱼执法 | diào yú zhí fǎ | entrapment (law) |
| 钓鱼岛 | Diào yú dǎo | Senkaku Islands (administered by Japan as part of Okinawa prefecture); Diaoyu Islands; Pinnacle Islands |
| 钓鱼式攻击 | diào yú shì gōng jī | phishing attack (computing) |
| 钓鱼杆 | diào yú gān | fishing rod; CL:根 |
| 钓鱼用具 | diào yú yòng jù | tackle |
| 钓鱼者 | diào yú zhě | angler |
| 钓鱼台 | Diào yú tái | Diaoyu or Senkaku Islands between Taiwan and Okinawa (administered by Japan), also known as the Pinnacle Islands |
| 银鱼 | yín yú | oriental whitebait; slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon |
| 雁杳鱼沉 | yàn yǎo yú chén | without news from sb (idiom) |
| 雅罗鱼 | yǎ luó yú | dace |
