The Chinese word for prawn is
虾
xiā
Chinese Definition
| prawn | |
| 1. 对虾 | |
| 2. 虾 | |
| 3. 明虾 | |
| 4. 大虾 | |
| 5. 捕明虾 |
Translations for prawn and their definitions
| 蝦 | |
| 1. shrimp; prawn; lobster | |
| 毛蝦 - shrimp | |
| 明蝦 - prawn | |
| 龍蝦 - lobster | |
| 蝦片 - prawn crackers | |
| 2. to bend; to curve; to flex | |
| 3. (slang) fan of Xiao Zhan | |
| 4. Only used in 蝦蟆 | |
| 5. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southwestern Mandarin, Zhongshan Min) to bully; to pick on | |
| 6. Variant of 霞 | |
| 7. Variant of 徦 |
| 虾 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 蝦 |
| 明蝦 | |
| 1. n. (vern, Chinese white shrimp); vern, fleshy prawn |
| 明虾 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 明蝦 |
| 對蝦 | |
| 1. n. (vern, Chinese white shrimp); vern, fleshy prawn |
| 对虾 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 對蝦 |
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