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虾

há

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 蝦

虾 (há) means "used in 虾蟆; shrimp; prawn". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 虾 means

1. used in {虾蟆|há ma}

Other readings

虾 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiāshrimp; prawn

Example sentences

• 你要吃虾吗？
  Nǐ yào chī há ma?
  Do you want to eat prawns?
• 看见新鲜龙虾，我有了食欲。
  Kànjiàn xīnxiān lóngxiā, wǒ yǒule shíyù.
  Seeing the fresh lobster made me hungry.
• 让我们点龙虾！听说是这里的招牌菜。
  Ràng wǒmen diǎn lóngxiā! tīngshuō shì zhèlǐ de zhāopáicài.
  Let’s order the lobster! I’ve heard that’s the specialty dish here.
• 阿嗄拉咭是源自非洲的巴西食品，是豇豆面团、洋葱和盐，经棕榈油炸，与虾和辣酱一起食用的食品。
  ā á lā jī shì yuánzì Fēizhōu de Bāxī shípǐn, shì jiāngdòu miàntuán, yángcōng hé yán, jīng zōnglǘyóu zhá, yǔ há hé là jiàng yīqǐ shíyòng de shípǐn.
  Acaraje, a Brazilian food from Africa, is a ball of caupi bean dough, onions, and salt, fried in palm oil and served with shrimp and a spicy sauce.

Words starting with 虾

• 虾米xiā mǐsmall shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps; (Taiwan; colloquial) what…
• 虾仁xiā rénshrimp meat; shelled shrimp
• 虾干xiā gāndried shrimps
• 虾夷Xiā yíEmishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
• 虾子xiā zishrimp
• 虾油xiā yóuprawn sauce
• 虾滑xiā huásmooth, uncooked shrimp paste made by mixing minced shrimp with starch and egg white…
• 虾男xiā nán(slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck
• 虾皮xiā písmall dried shrimp
• 虾线xiā xiàndigestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein
• 虾酱xiā jiàngshrimp paste
• 虾夷葱xiā yí cōngchive
• 虾爬子xiā pá zimantis shrimp
• 虾红素xiā hóng sùastaxanthin
• 虾虎鱼xiā hǔ yúgoby (flat fish, Gobiidae)
• 虾青素xiā qīng sùastaxanthin
• 虾虎鱼科xiā hǔ yú kēGobiidae (suborder of perch)
• 虾兵蟹将xiā bīng xiè jiàngshrimp soldiers and crab generals…
• 虾饺xiā jiǎoprawn dumplings
• 虾蛄xiā gūmantis shrimp
• 虾蟆há mavariant of 蛤蟆

Words containing 虾

• 龙虾lóng xiālobster
• 对虾duì xiāprawn; shrimp
• 小虾xiǎo xiāshrimp
• 大虾dà xiāprawn; (net slang) expert; whiz
• 扇虾shàn xiāfan lobster…
• 明虾míng xiāprawn
• 爬虾pá xiāmantis shrimp
• 磷虾lín xiākrill
• 醉虾zuì xiādrunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)
• 青虾qīng xiāoriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp
• 大明虾dà míng xiāking prawn
• 对虾科duì xiā kēpenaeidae (the prawn or shrimp family)
• 小虾米xiǎo xiā mishrimp; fig. small fry; minor player
• 小龙虾xiǎo lóng xiācrayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯虾
• 皮皮虾pí pí xiāmantis shrimp
• 软脚虾ruǎn jiǎo xiāweakling; coward
• 日本沼虾Rì běn zhǎo xiāoriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also…
• 蝉虾chán xiāslipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)
• 螯虾áo xiācrayfish
• 克氏原螯虾Kè shì yuán áo xiāred swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish
• 呒虾米Wú xiā mǐBoshiamy, input method editor for Chinese…

Characters that look like 虾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 桦huà(botany) birch (genus Betula)
• 蚌bàngmussel; clam
• 郯Tánsurname Tan; name of an ancient city
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read há, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蛤used in 蛤蟆

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read há correctly.
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