Usage of the character 蟹
xiè
蟹
[蟹]
- crab
xiè
蟹
[蠏]
- variant of 蟹 (xiè)
héxiè
河蟹
[河蟹]
- river crab
- Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧／和谐 (héxié), which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
xièjiàng
蟹酱
[蟹醬]
- crab paste
xièfěn
蟹粉
[蟹粉]
- crab meat
géxiè
蛤蟹
[蛤蟹]
- clams and crabs
- tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
xièhuáng
蟹黄
[蟹黃]
- the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
xièròu
蟹肉
[蟹肉]
- crab meat
Jùxiè
巨蟹
[巨蟹]
- Cancer (star sign)
xīxiè
溪蟹
[溪蟹]
- crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
pángxiè
螃蟹
[螃蟹]
- crab
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
xièměng
蟹獴
[蟹獴]
- crab-eating mongoose
xuěxiè
雪蟹
[雪蟹]
- snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
Móxièzuò
摩蟹座
[摩蟹座]
- Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- used erroneously for 魔羯座
xièhuángshuǐ
蟹黄水
[蟹黃水]
- crab roe
- crab spawn
- (used for crab meat in general)
róng'áoxiè
绒螯蟹
[絨螯蟹]
- mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
shíxièměng
食蟹獴
[食蟹獴]
- see 蟹獴 (xièměng)
wújiǎoxiè
无脚蟹
[無腳蟹]
- helpless lonely person
zhāocháoxiè
招潮蟹
[招潮蟹]
- fiddler crab (genus Uca)
hélèxiè
和乐蟹
[和樂蟹]
- Hele crab
Tiānxièzuò
天蟹座
[天蟹座]
- Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- variant of 巨蟹座
jìjūxiè
寄居蟹
[寄居蟹]
- hermit crab
Jùxièzuò
巨蟹座
[巨蟹座]
- Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
ruǎnjiǎoxiè
软脚蟹
[軟腳蟹]
- same as 軟腳蝦／软脚虾 (ruǎnjiǎoxiā)
mǎtíxiè
马蹄蟹
[馬蹄蟹]
- horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
xiāngshǒuxiè
相手蟹
[相手蟹]
- crab of the family Sesarmidae
xièzhǎolán
蟹爪兰
[蟹爪蘭]
- holiday cactus
Xièzhuàng Xīngyún
蟹状星云
[蟹狀星雲]
- Crab Nebula
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)