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蟹

xiè

Character

What 蟹 means

1. crab

Other readings

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

• xièvariant of {蟹|xiè}

Example sentences

• 第一个吃螃蟹的人一定也吃过蜘蛛。
  Dì yī gè chī pángxiè de rén yīdìng yě chī guo zhīzhū.
  The first person who ate crab must also have tried to eat a spider.
• 快看快看！橙子树的树枝上有一只蓝色的寄居蟹！
  Kuài kàn kuài kàn! Chéngzishù de shùzhī shàng yǒu yī zhī lánsè de jìjūxiè!
  Look, look! On the branch of the orange tree, there is a blue hermit crab!
• “说到一百零八，这不就是代表烦恼的数字吗。”“那么你有什么烦恼呀？”“告诉你并不是不可以，但是内容会给河蟹掉的。”
  “ shuōdào yī bǎi líng bā, zhè bù jiùshì dàibiǎo fánnǎo de shùzì ma.”“ nàme nǐ yǒu shénme fánnǎo ya?”“ gàosu nǐ bìngbù shì bù kěyǐ, dànshì nèiróng huì gěi héxiè diào de.”
  "Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
• 「说到一百零八，这不就是代表烦恼的数字吗。」「那么你有甚么烦恼呀？」「告诉你并不是不可以，但是内容会给河蟹掉的。」
  "Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
• 2015 年 4 月 14 日，我步行前往列治文公共市场，先是爬上了外面的阶梯。市场内部宽敞的中庭式建筑，让我感觉彷佛置身于丛林之中。我当时已经有点饿了，便小跑到小吃摊「瓦船长」那里，点了一份面和一杯热茶。面里有鱿鱼、鱼和豆腐。我吃着吃着，一位穿着紫色 T 恤的英俊原住民男子从我身边走过。接着，一位身材魁梧、相貌英俊的犹太人也走了过来。几分钟后，我开始觉得口渴，于是在「QQ 珍珠奶茶与咖啡」买了一杯冰镇薄荷珍珠绿茶。我坐在阶梯旁慢慢品尝。附近坐着一家三口吃东西，男人是黑人，女人是东亚人，小孩是混血儿。我喝珍珠奶茶上瘾，于是在「花生家」又买了一杯。这次是冰镇青苹果珍珠绿茶，味道好极了。我搭扶梯下楼。去洗手间的路上，我注意到一个大水族箱，里面养着大概是体型巨大的阿拉斯加红帝王蟹，蟹腿上长满了藤壶。不知怎的，它们让我想起了外星生物。在书店里，我买了一本图文并茂的绿色植物学书籍，上面用的是汉字。一个月前我把它放在一个箱子上，现在还在那里。这本书 14 块钱。我搭扶梯上楼。我对珍珠奶茶还是有瘾，于是用剩下的零钱买了一杯冰荔枝珍珠绿茶。味道好极了，里面甚至还有白色的荔枝果肉。
  On the 14th of April of 2015, I walk to the Richmond Public Market, I first climbing the stairs outside. Inside, the wide atrium-like building is like a garden in a jungle surrounding, I imagine. Already quite hungry, I trot to Captain Wa, the food vendor, to get noodles with squid, fish, and tofu, as well as hot tea. As I eat, a handsome First Nations man in a purple T-shirt walks by. Then a handsome, stocky Jewish fellow walks by. A few minutes later, I begin to thirst, so I get a cold Mint Bubble Green Tea at the vendor QQ Bubble Tea and Coffee. I sit by the stairs to sip. A threesome family sits eating nearby, the man being black, the woman being Oriental, and the child being a hybrid. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I get another one, this time at Peanut's. It is a cold Green Apple Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious. I take the escalator down. On my way to the washroom, I notice a big aquarium full of probably giant red Alaskan king crabs with barnacles on their legs. They remind me of extraterrestrials, somehow. At the bookstore, I buy a heavily illustrated green botany book in sinograms. I left it on top of a box a month ago and it is still there. It is $14. I take the escalator up. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I spend my remaining coins on a cold Lychee Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious with even bits of white lychee flesh.

Words starting with 蟹

• 蟹化xiè huà(biology) to carcinize
• 蟹粉xiè fěncrab meat
• 蟹肉xiè ròucrab meat
• 蟹酱xiè jiàngcrab paste
• 蟹黄xiè huángthe ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
• 蟹爪兰xiè zhǎo lánholiday cactus
• 蟹状星云Xiè zhuàng Xīng yúnCrab Nebula
• 蟹味菇xiè wèi gūbeech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus)
• 蟹獴xiè měngcrab-eating mongoose

Words containing 蟹

• 螃蟹páng xiècrab
• 巨蟹Jù xièCancer (star sign)
• 大闸蟹dà zhá xièChinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
• 河蟹hé xièriver crab; Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和谐
• 溪蟹xī xiècrab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
• 豆蟹dòu xièpea crab (Pinnotheres pisum)
• 雪蟹xuě xièsnow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
• 和乐蟹hé lè xièHele crab
• 天蟹座Tiān xiè zuòCancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac); variant of 巨蟹座
• 寄居蟹jì jū xièhermit crab
• 巨蟹座Jù xiè zuòCancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 帝王蟹dì wáng xièking crab (esp. Paralithodes camtschaticus)
• 招潮蟹zhāo cháo xièfiddler crab (genus Uca)
• 摩蟹座Mó xiè zuòCapricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac); used erroneously for 魔羯座
• 无脚蟹wú jiǎo xièhelpless lonely person
• 相手蟹xiāng shǒu xiècrab of family Sesarmidae
• 虾兵蟹将xiā bīng xiè jiàngshrimp soldiers and crab generals…
• 椰子蟹yē zi xiècoconut crab (Birgus latro)
• 马蹄蟹mǎ tí xièhorseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
• 蛤蟹gé xièclams and crabs; tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
• 绒螯蟹róng áo xièmitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
• 软脚蟹ruǎn jiǎo xièsame as 软脚虾
• 食蟹獴shí xiè měngsee 蟹獴

Characters built on 解

These share the phonetic component 解 (jiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 懈xièlax; negligent
• 邂xièused in 邂逅
• 獬xièsee 獬豸
• 澥xiè(of porridge etc) to become watery; (dialect) to thin (porridge etc) by adding water etc
• 廨xiè(bound form) government office

Characters that look like 蟹

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

• 馨xīnfragrant
• 藜líname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 璧bìjade annulus
• 蹙cùto knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 鬓bìntemples; hair on the temples
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane

Sounds the same

Read xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谢to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse
• 械appliance; tool; weapon
• 泄(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 卸to unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 屑bits; fragments; crumbs
• 泻to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent
• 写used in 写意
• 榭pavilion
• 解acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old); variant of 懈
• 亵obscene; disrespectful
• 懈lax; negligent
• 邂used in 邂逅