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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
蝦米
- dried and shelled small shrimp (Classifier: 粒 c)
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, chiefly northern China) small shrimp
大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米。 [MSC, trad.]
大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米。 [MSC, simp.]- Dà yú chī xiǎo yú, xiǎo yú chī xiāmi.
- Big fish eat small fish; small fish eat tiny shrimps.
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, chiefly Hebei Mandarin, Xinjiang Mandarin) shrimp
- (figurative, slang) rookie; newbie; noob
Synonyms
- (dried and shelled small shrimp): 米蝦／米虾
Dialectal synonyms of
蝦米 (“dried and shelled small shrimp”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
蝦米
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Taiwan
|
蝦米
|
| Harbin
|
海米
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
海米, 海蝦米 dated
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
海米
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
海米
|
| Xi'an
|
蝦米
|
| Xining
|
蝦米
|
| Xuzhou
|
蝦米, 蝦米兒, 開洋 bigger, 開洋米 bigger
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
蝦米
|
| Ürümqi
|
海米
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
蝦米
|
| Wuhan
|
海米
|
| Guiyang
|
蝦米
|
| Liuzhou
|
蝦米
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
蝦米, 開洋 bigger
|
| Yangzhou
|
蝦米, 開洋 bigger
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
蝦米
|
| Hong Kong
|
蝦米
|
| Dongguan
|
蝦米
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蝦米
|
| Hakka
|
Yudu
|
蝦米
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
蝦米, 蝦蜚
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
蝦米
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
冇米仔, 蝦螕
|
| Quanzhou
|
蝦螕, 蝦米
|
| Jinjiang
|
蝦米
|
| Zhangzhou
|
冇米仔
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
蝦米
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
開洋, 蝦米
|
| Suzhou
|
蝦米, 開洋, 開洋蝦米
|
| Danyang
|
開洋
|
| Hangzhou
|
開洋
|
| Ningbo
|
開洋, 蝦米
|
| Wenzhou
|
蝦米
|
| Jinhua
|
開洋
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
蝦米
|
| Loudi
|
蝦米子
|
Dialectal synonyms of
蝦 (“shrimp; prawn”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
蝦
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
蝦
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
蝦, 蝦米 small
|
| Taiwan
|
蝦, 蝦子
|
| Langfang
|
蝦
|
| Chengde
|
蝦
|
| Chifeng
|
蝦
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Heihe
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Qiqihar
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Harbin
|
蝦, 蝦米兒
|
| Jiamusi
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Baicheng
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Changchun
|
蝦米
|
| Tonghua
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Shenyang
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Jinzhou
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Malaysia
|
蝦
|
| Singapore
|
蝦
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
蝦米
|
| Tangshan
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Cangzhou
|
蝦米
|
| Baoding
|
蝦
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
蝦
|
| Lijin
|
蝦
|
| Jinan
|
蝦, 蝦米 small
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
蝦
|
| Dandong
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Yantai
|
蝦
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
蝦
|
| Qingdao
|
蝦
|
| Zhucheng
|
蝦子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
蝦
|
| Lingbao
|
馬蝦
|
| Jining
|
蝦
|
| Daming
|
蝦米
|
| Wanrong
|
蝦
|
| Linfen
|
蝦兒
|
| Shangqiu
|
蝦, 蝦米, 馬蝦
|
| Yuanyang
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Zhengzhou
|
馬蝦
|
| Xinyang
|
麻蝦
|
| Baihe
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Xi'an
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Baoji
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Tianshui
|
蝦米
|
| Xining
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Xuzhou
|
馬蝦, 蝦
|
| Fuyang
|
馬蝦
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Lanzhou
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Dunhuang
|
蝦
|
| Hami
|
蝦米
|
| Ürümqi
|
蝦米
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
蝦子, 蝦
|
| Nanchong
|
蝦子
|
| Dazhou
|
蝦子
|
| Hanyuan
|
蝦子
|
| Xichang
|
蝦子
|
| Zigong
|
蝦子, 馬蝦
|
| Chongqing
|
蝦子
|
| Wuhan
|
蝦子, 蝦, 蝦米
|
| Yichang
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Xiangyang
|
馬蝦
|
| Tianmen
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Guiyang
|
蝦子
|
| Zunyi
|
蝦
|
| Bijie
|
蝦子
|
| Liping
|
蝦子
|
| Zhaotong
|
蝦
|
| Dali
|
蝦子
|
| Kunming
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Mengzi
|
蝦
|
| Guilin
|
蝦子, 蝦
|
| Liuzhou
|
蝦, 蝦公, 蝦子
|
| Jishou
|
蝦公
|
| Changde
|
蝦子
|
| Hanzhong
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
蝦子, 蝦
|
| Yangzhou
|
蝦子, 蝦
|
| Lianyungang
|
蝦子, 蝦
|
| Lianshui
|
蝦子
|
| Nantong
|
蝦兒, 蝦米
|
| Anqing
|
蝦子
|
| Wuhu
|
蝦子
|
| Hefei
|
蝦子, 馬蝦
|
| Chuzhou
|
蝦子
|
| Huanggang
|
蝦子
|
| Hong'an
|
蝦子
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
蝦, 蝦公
|
| Hong Kong
|
蝦
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
蝦公
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
蝦
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
蝦公
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
蝦公, 蝦仔
|
| Macau
|
蝦
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
蝦
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
蝦
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
蝦公
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
蝦公
|
| Foshan
|
蝦
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
蝦
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
蝦
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
蝦公
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
蝦
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
蝦公
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
蝦
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
蝦
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
蝦
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
蝦
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
蝦
|
| Taishan
|
蝦
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
蝦
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
蝦
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
蝦
|
| Dongguan
|
蝦, 蝦公
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
蝦
|
| Qingyuan
|
蝦公
|
| Fogang
|
蝦
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
蝦公
|
| Yangshan
|
蝦
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
蝦
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
蝦
|
| Shaoguan
|
蝦
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
蝦
|
| Renhua
|
蝦公
|
| Lechang
|
蝦, 蝦公
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
蝦
|
| Sihui
|
蝦
|
| Guangning
|
蝦
|
| Deqing
|
蝦
|
| Huaiji
|
蝦公
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
蝦
|
| Yunfu
|
蝦公
|
| Xinxing
|
蝦
|
| Luoding
|
蝦公
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
蝦
|
| Yangjiang
|
蝦
|
| Xinyi
|
蝦
|
| Lianjiang
|
蝦
|
| Nanning
|
蝦, 蝦公
|
| Wuzhou
|
蝦
|
| Yulin
|
蝦
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
蝦
|
| Beihai
|
蝦
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
蝦
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
蝦
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
蝦
|
| Danzhou
|
蝦
|
| Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)
|
蝦
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
蝦
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
蝦
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
蝦
|
| Móng Cái
|
蝦
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蝦子
|
| Pengze
|
蝦子
|
| Lichuan
|
蝦公
|
| Pingxiang
|
蝦公
|
| Liuyang
|
蝦子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
蝦公
|
| Xingning
|
蝦公
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
蝦公
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
蝦
|
| Huiyang
|
蝦公
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
蝦公
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
蝦公
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
蝦
|
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
蝦公
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
蝦公
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
蝦公
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
蝦公, 蝦
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
蝦
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
蝦
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
蝦
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
蝦公
|
| Wengyuan
|
蝦伯
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
蝦公
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
蝦公
|
| Liannan
|
蝦公
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
蝦
|
| Jiexi
|
蝦公
|
| Luhe
|
蝦
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
蝦公
|
| Nanjing (Meilin)
|
蝦
|
| Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)
|
蝦
|
| Changting
|
蝦公
|
| Longyan (Yongding)
|
蝦公
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
蝦公, 蝦
|
| Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)
|
蝦
|
| Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)
|
蝦公
|
| Wuping
|
蝦公
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
蝦公
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
蝦公
|
| Liancheng
|
蝦公
|
| Ninghua
|
蝦公
|
| Yudu
|
蝦蟲
|
| Ningdu
|
蝦公
|
| Ruijin
|
蝦公
|
| Shicheng
|
蝦公
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
蝦公
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
蝦公
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
蝦公
|
| Dayu
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
蝦公
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
蝦公
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
蝦公
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
蝦公
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
|
蝦公
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
蝦
|
| Hong Kong
|
蝦公
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
蝦
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
蝦公
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
蝦
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
蝦公
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
蝦公
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
蝦公
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
蝦
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
蝦公
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
蝦公
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
蝦公
|
| Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)
|
蝦
|
| Luchuan
|
蝦公
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
蝦公
|
| Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)
|
蝦公
|
| Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)
|
蝦公
|
| Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)
|
蝦公
|
| Xingye (Gaofeng)
|
蝦公
|
| Rongxian (Xiandi)
|
蝦
|
| Chengdu (Hexingchang)
|
蝦公
|
| Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)
|
蝦子
|
| Yilong (Ma'an)
|
蝦子
|
| Xichang (Huanglianguan)
|
蝦子
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
蝦
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
蝦公
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
蝦公
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
蝦公
|
| Singkawang
|
蝦公
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
蝦蝦
|
| Shexian
|
蝦
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
蝦兒
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
蝦, 蝦米 small
|
| Yangyuan
|
蝦
|
| Datong
|
蝦
|
| Xinzhou
|
蝦兒
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
蝦
|
| Changzhi
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Linhe
|
蝦
|
| Jining
|
蝦米
|
| Hohhot
|
蝦
|
| Erenhot
|
蝦米
|
| Pingshan
|
蝦
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Handan
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Linzhou
|
蝦, 蝦米
|
| Suide
|
蝦
|
| Jiuxing Yumin
|
Lanxi
|
蝦公
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
蝦
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
蝦
|
| Fuqing
|
蝦
|
| Matsu
|
蝦
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
蝦
|
| Quanzhou
|
蝦
|
| Yongchun
|
蝦蛄
|
| Zhangzhou
|
蝦
|
| Zhao'an
|
蝦
|
| Dongshan
|
蝦
|
| Taipei
|
蝦
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
蝦仔
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
蝦
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
蝦
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
蝦
|
| Kaohsiung
|
蝦, 蝦仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
蝦
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
蝦
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
蝦, 蝦仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
蝦
|
| Yilan
|
蝦, 蝦仔
|
| Yilan (Luodong)
|
蝦
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
蝦, 蝦仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
蝦仔
|
| Changhua (Yongjing)
|
蝦
|
| Taichung
|
蝦仔
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
蝦仔
|
| Tainan
|
蝦仔
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
蝦
|
| Taitung
|
蝦仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
蝦仔
|
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
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蝦
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| Kinmen
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蝦
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| Penghu (Magong)
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蝦, 蝦仔
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
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蝦, 狗蝦
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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蝦
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
蝦
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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蝦
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| Longyan
|
蝦公仔
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
蝦
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| Chaozhou
|
蝦
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| Haifeng
|
蝦
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
蝦
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| Singapore (Teochew)
|
蝦
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| Leizhou
|
蝦
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| Wenchang
|
蝦
|
| Haikou
|
蝦
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
蝦
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| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
蝦
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| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
蝦
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| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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蝦, 紅蝦
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| Xianyou
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蝦, 紅蝦
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| Xianyou (Fengting)
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蝦, 紅蝦
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| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
蝦, 紅蝦
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| Central Min
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Yong'an
|
蝦
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
蝦
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
蝦
|
| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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蝦, 蝦子
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| Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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蝦, 蝦公
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| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
蝦
|
| Fuding
|
蝦
|
| Luoyuan
|
蝦
|
| Sanming
|
蝦
|
| Shunchang
|
蝦
|
| Hua'an
|
蝦
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
蝦
|
| Cangnan
|
蝦
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
蝦
|
| Lishui
|
蝦
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| Longyou
|
蝦
|
| Chaozhou
|
蝦
|
| Fengshun
|
蝦公
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
蝦
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
蝦
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
蝦
|
| Suzhou
|
蝦
|
| Wuxi
|
蝦
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| Danyang
|
沼蝦
|
| Hangzhou
|
蝦兒
|
| Ningbo
|
蝦
|
| Wenzhou
|
蝦兒
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| Jinhua
|
蝦公, 蝦兒
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| Xiang
|
Changsha
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蝦公子, 蝦子, 金鉤
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| Xiangtan
|
蝦公子
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| Loudi
|
蝦公子
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| Shuangfeng
|
蝦公子
|
| Hengyang
|
蝦子
|
| Quanzhou
|
蝦公
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
蝦關
|
| Dong'an
|
蝦公
|
| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
蝦公
|
| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
蝦公
|
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
蝦公
|
| Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
蝦公
|
| Renhua (Shitang)
|
蝦仔
|
| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
蝦公
|
| Lechang (Changlai)
|
蝦公
|
| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
蝦公
|
| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
蝦公婆
|
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
蝦公
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
蝦公
|
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Taiwanese Hokkien 啥物 (siáⁿ-mih, “what”).
Pronunciation
Noun
蝦米
- (dated, slang, chiefly Mandarin) what
Derived terms