Keyword
shrimp
- prawn
- Frequency
- #2228
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
xiā
Mnemonic
虫 (insect) gives the meaning and 下 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
虾
shrimp; prawn
龙虾
lobster
鱼虾
fish and shrimp; aquatic produce
虾子
shrimp roe; shrimp eggs
小龙虾
crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯虾 (Kèshìyuán'áoxiā)
虾米
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps; (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什么 (shénme))
对虾
prawn; shrimp
虾仁
shrimp meat; shelled shrimp
大虾
prawn; (Internet slang) expert; whiz
磷虾
krill
小虾
shrimp
虾兵蟹将
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)
皮皮虾
mantis shrimp
虾皮
small dried shrimp
小虾米
shrimp; fig. small fry; minor player
虾酱
shrimp paste
明虾
prawn
青虾
oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp
虾蛄
mantis shrimp
虾饺
prawn dumplings
虾油
prawn sauce
虾虎鱼
goby (flat fish, Gobiidae)