诱 yòu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 秀 elegant, graceful, refined
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
诱饵
yòu'ěr
bait; lure
Characters in this word
饵 ěr
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 耳 ear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 调查人员故意留下诱饵，引出长期潜伏的诈骗团伙。 Diàochá rényuán gùyì liú xià yòu'ěr, yǐn chū chángqī qiánfú de zhàpiàn tuánhuǒ. Investigators deliberately left bait to draw out a fraud gang that had been hiding for a long time.
- 钓鱼时，选对诱饵非常重要。 Diàoyú shí, xuǎn duì yòu'ěr fēicháng zhòngyào. When fishing, choosing the right bait is very important.
- 警方用假合同做诱饵，抓住了嫌疑人。 Jǐngfāng yòng jiǎ hétong zuò yòu'ěr, zhuāzhù le xiányírén. The police used a fake contract as bait and caught the suspect.
Related words
- 引诱 yǐnyòu to lure; to tempt; to entice
- 诱发 yòufā to trigger; to induce
- 诱惑 yòuhuò to tempt; temptation
- 诱人 yòurén attractive; tempting
- 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to swindle
- 驯 xùn to tame; to domesticate
- 妖怪 yāoguài monster; demon; bogeyman
- 仙鹤 xiānhè crane; immortal crane
- 藤蔓 téngwàn vine; creeper
- 微生物 wēishēngwù microorganism
- 杂交 zájiāo to hybridise; to crossbreed
- 隐性 yǐnxìng recessive; implicit; hidden