Usage of the character 蝦
há
虾
[蝦]
- used in 蝦蟆／虾蟆 (hámá)
xiā
虾
[蝦]
- shrimp
- prawn
xiāgū
虾蛄
[蝦蛄]
- mantis shrimp
xiāzǐ
虾子
[蝦子]
- shrimp roe; shrimp eggs
háma
虾蟆
[蝦蟆]
- variant of 蛤蟆 (háma)
áoxiā
螯虾
[螯蝦]
- crayfish
xiāgān
虾干
[蝦乾]
- dried shrimps
xiāmǐ
虾米
[蝦米]
- small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps
- (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. (siánn-mih), equivalent to Mandarin 什麼／什么 (shénmé))
xiājiǎo
虾饺
[蝦餃]
- prawn dumplings
duìxiā
对虾
[對蝦]
- prawn
- shrimp
xiārén
虾仁
[蝦仁]
- shrimp meat
- shelled shrimp
línxiā
磷虾
[磷蝦]
- krill
zuìxiā
醉虾
[醉蝦]
- drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)
lóngxiā
龙虾
[龍蝦]
- lobster
míngxiā
明虾
[明蝦]
- prawn
xiājiàng
虾酱
[蝦醬]
- shrimp paste
xiāxiàn
虾线
[蝦線]
- digestive tract of a shrimp
- sand vein
páxiā
爬虾
[爬蝦]
- mantis shrimp
Xiāyí
虾夷
[蝦夷]
- Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
xiāpí
虾皮
[蝦皮]
- small dried shrimp
dàxiā
大虾
[大蝦]
- prawn
- (Internet slang) expert
- whiz
xiǎoxiā
小虾
[小蝦]
- shrimp
xiāzi
虾子
[蝦子]
- shrimp
xiāyóu
虾油
[蝦油]
- prawn sauce
qīngxiā
青虾
[青蝦]
- oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp
xiānán
虾男
[蝦男]
- (slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck
pípíxiā
皮皮虾
[皮皮蝦]
- mantis shrimp
xiāyícōng
虾夷葱
[蝦夷蔥]
- chive
Wúxiāmǐ
呒虾米
[嘸蝦米]
- Boshiamy, input method editor for Chinese (from Taiwanese 無啥物, Tai-lo pr. (bô-siánn-mih) "it's nothing")
xiǎoxiāmi
小虾米
[小蝦米]
- shrimp
- fig. small fry
- minor player
dàmíngxiā
大明虾
[大明蝦]
- king prawn
duìxiākē
对虾科
[對蝦科]
- penaeidae (the prawn or shrimp family)
xiāpázi
虾爬子
[蝦爬子]
- mantis shrimp
ruǎnjiǎoxiā
软脚虾
[軟腳蝦]
- weakling
- coward
xiāhǔyú
虾虎鱼
[蝦虎魚]
- goby (flat fish, Gobiidae)
xiǎolóngxiā
小龙虾
[小龍蝦]
- crayfish
- (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯蝦／克氏原螯虾 (kèshìyuán'áoxiā)
xiāhǔyúkē
虾虎鱼科
[蝦虎魚科]
- Gobiidae (suborder of perch)
Rìběnzhǎoxiā
日本沼虾
[日本沼蝦]
- oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦／青虾 (qīngxiā)
xiābīngxièjiàng
虾兵蟹将
[蝦兵蟹將]
- shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
- useless troops (idiom)
kèshìyuán'áoxiā
克氏原螯虾
[克氏原螯蝦]
- red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish