In Chinese, "squid" is 鱿鱼 (yóu yú). It is a noun.
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鱿鱼 (pinyin: yóu yú) is written using Chinese characters (Hanzi).
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Buy on Steam鱿鱼 is romanised as yóu yú in Chinese. This pinyin gives you an approximate pronunciation for English speakers. Listen to the audio on this page for the native pronunciation.
鱿鱼 is written using Chinese characters (Hanzi). The pinyin is yóu yú. Learning to read Chinese characters (Hanzi) takes time, but Noun Town teaches vocabulary through gameplay so the writing becomes familiar through repeated exposure.
鱿鱼 is a common noun used in everyday Chinese speech. The level of formality in a sentence comes from the surrounding words and grammatical forms rather than from this word alone.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Chinese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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