| 捕捞 | bǔ lāo | fish for (aquatic animals and plants); catch |
| 捞 | lāo | to fish up; to dredge up |
| 渔捞 | yú lāo | fishing (as a commercial activity) |
| 打捞 | dǎ lāo | to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea) |
| 捞取 | lāo qǔ | to fish for; to seek profit (by improper means) |
| 大海捞针 | dà hǎi lāo zhēn | lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) |
| 捞一把 | lāo yī bǎ | to profiteer; to gain some underhand advantage |
| 捞什子 | lāo shí zi | encumbrance; burden; that awful thing (colloquial); nuisance |
| 捞本 | lāo běn | to get one's money back (esp. gambling); to recoup one's losings |
| 捞稻草 | lāo dào cǎo | to fish for a straw; futile attempt to gain profit |
| 捞钱 | lāo qián | lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck |
| 救捞局 | jiù lāo jú | sea rescue service; lifeboat service |
| 水中捞月 | shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè | to fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion |
| 沙捞越 | Shā lāo yuè | Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆罗洲 |
| 海底捞月 | hǎi dǐ lāo yuè | to fetch the moon from the seabed (idiom); a hopeless illusion |
| 海底捞针 | hǎi dǐ lāo zhēn | see 大海捞针 |
