元鱼 yuányú soft-shelled turtle Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 元 yuán noun first (bound form) first; primary; original; such as in 元旦 yuándàn鱼 魚 yú nounverb aquatic animal used in the names of various aquatic or water-dwelling animals that are not biologically fish, such as 鲍鱼 bàoyú (abalone), 鳄鱼 èyú (crocodile), or 章鱼 zhāngyú (octopus)