# 鲨鱼 (shāyú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 鲨鱼 (shāyú) means “shark”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shark
- Pinyin: shāyú (sha1 yu2)
- Traditional: 鯊魚
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 鲨鱼在海里游得很快。
  Shāyú zài hǎi lǐ yóu de hěn kuài.
  Sharks swim very fast in the sea.

## Characters

- 鲨 (shā): shark
- [鱼](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-fish/) (yú): fish

https://hanziro.com/word/sha-yu-shark/

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