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蝦

xiā

shrimp, prawn

Strokes
15
Radical
虫
HSK
—
Tone
1

Other readings: há

Simplified form: 虾

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 虾, the simplified form of 蝦. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 让我们点龙虾!听说是这里的招牌菜。

    Ràng wǒ men diǎn lóng xiā tīng shuō shì zhè lǐ de zhāo pái cài

    Let’s order the lobster! I’ve heard that’s the specialty dish here.

  • 看见新鲜龙虾,我有了食欲。

    Kàn jiàn xīn xiān lóng xiā wǒ yǒu le shí yù

    The sight of fresh lobster gave me an appetite.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 虾

  • 虾xiā 1shrimp; prawn
  • 虾há 2used in 虾蟆