Catch fish

 How many ways can you say catch fish in Teochew?

You can see from the list below, bu6he5 is a Mandarin expression and we normally say liah8he5 to catch fish. This is a generic term. However, when we use a net, we say pa1he5. When we use a line to catch fish, we say dioⁿ3he5.  

In a Teochew nursery rhyme, we have heard A'gong ke3 zah8 he5 - that is grandfather uses something to block a small ditch and catch fish. Zah8 柵 means to block. You see some people write zah8 as 閘.

dion3he5 釣魚｜钓鱼	to catch fish with a line and hook	釣魚｜钓鱼
liah8he5 掠魚｜掠鱼	catch fish	抓魚｜抓鱼
bu6he5 捕魚｜捕鱼	catch fish	捕魚｜捕鱼
pa1he5 拋魚｜抛鱼	to catch fish, to fish with a net	捕魚｜捕鱼
pa1he5 拋魚｜抛鱼	to throw a fishnet to catch fish	撒網捕魚｜撒网捕鱼 拋網捕魚｜抛网捕鱼

liah8he5 掠魚