虾

Traditional (Taiwan): 蝦

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

xiā ㄒㄧㄚ

    • shrimp
    • prawn

Classifiers (measure words)

shrimp

Usually

Less often

prawn

Usually

Less often

Other words read xiā

In the same tone

  • 瞎 xiā blind
  • 呷 xiā sip
  • 煆 xiā raging fire

xia with other tones

  • 下 xià down
  • 辖 xiá linchpin
  • 夏 xià summer
  • 吓 xià frighten
  • 峡 xiá gorge

All 27 words read xia in any tone

How 虾 is written

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    虫下
    形旁 meaning
    虫
    声旁 sound
    下

    Words with 虾

    Starting with 虾

    All 20 words starting with 虾

    Ending with 虾

    All 19 words ending with 虾

    Containing 虾

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