虾

The character "虾" has 9 strokes. "虾" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "虾" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "虾" are "xiā" "há" . View the stroke order of "虾">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "虾"

n.: shrimp; prawn

• shrimp : n.虾；褐虾；矮子；身体虚弱的人
• prawn : n.对虾；明虾；虾

Form words with "虾"

醉虾 wine-soaked shrimp

一只虾 a shrimp

马蹄虾 horseshoe shrimp

一群虾 a shoal of shrimps

咸水虾 brine shrimp

摸虾 catch shrimps

Example phrases using "虾"

• 吃虾时轻握其尾部更斯文些。

  It is more couth to hold your shrimp genteelly by the tail when eating.

• 软水中淡水虾变得少见了。

  The freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water.

• 切成蝶形的虾。

  [as adj. butterflied]butterflied shrimp.

• 她经常把虾放在一大盆沸水里煮。

  A: She often cooks it in a large pan of boiling water.

• 我们常吃很多鱼, 虾,和猪肉.

  We often have plenty of fish, shrimps and pork.

• 客人我要一份洋葱牛排和虾色拉。

  Guest A(GA): I'll take beef steak with onion and shrimps salad.

• 里面有许多虾、鱼片和一些贝类。

  It was brimming with generous serving of prawns, fish pieces and some mussels .

• 黄粉虫味道像坚果。蝗虫像虾。

  Mealworms taste like roasted nuts. Locusts are similar to shrimp.

• 你可能会看见鳞虾在配料之列.

  You might see krill listed as one of the ingredients.

• 虾和蠕虫取食的是同一种海洋植物。

  Both the shrimp and the worm feed on the same marine plants.