shrimp
蝦 is a traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as xiā in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as há.
In simplified Chinese the character 虾 is used.
It is made up of the components 虫 (insect) and 叚 (falsehood).
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"Remove the <shrimp>'s INSECT-like shell and try it. You'll reach for it AGAIN * again!" says the chef as [she o]perates the steamer *on the counter.*
by vms5q
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 蝦
Definitions for 蝦 pronounced as xiā
- shrimp
- prawn
Definitions for 蝦 pronounced as há
- see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5]
Vocabulary
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Collections
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4b - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language
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Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2
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