"蟹" Chinese-English Dictionary

蟹 xiè

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
蟹蠏	xiè	variant of 蟹[xie4]	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
蟹黄蟹黃	xiè huáng	the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
蟹肉	xiè ròu	crab meat
蟹粉	xiè fěn	crab meat
蟹酱蟹醬	xiè jiàng	crab paste
蟹獴	xiè měng	crab-eating mongoose
蟹黄水蟹黃水	xiè huáng shuǐ	crab roe / crab spawn / (used for crab meat in general)
蟹爪兰蟹爪蘭	xiè zhǎo lán	holiday cactus
蟹爪兰蟹爪蘭	xiè zhuǎ lán	holiday cactus
蟹状星云蟹狀星雲	xiè zhuàng xīng yún	Crab Nebula

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
螃蟹	páng xiè	crab / CL:隻\|只[zhi1]	syn
巨蟹	jù xiè	Cancer (star sign)
河蟹	hé xiè	river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧\|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)	syn
蛤蟹	gé xiè	clams and crabs / tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
蛤蟹	há xiè	clams and crabs / seafood
红蟹	hóng xiè	red crab
溪蟹	xī xiè	crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
雪蟹	xuě xiè	snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
巨蟹座	jù xiè zuò	Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
寄居蟹	jì jū xiè	hermit crab	syn
和乐蟹和樂蟹	hé lè xiè	Hele crab
马蹄蟹馬蹄蟹	mǎ tí xiè	horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
摩蟹座	mó xiè zuò	Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for 魔羯座
绒螯蟹絨螯蟹	róng áo xiè	mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
软脚蟹軟腳蟹	ruǎn jiǎo xiè	same as 軟腳蝦\|软脚虾[ruan3 jiao3 xia1]
食蟹獴	shí xiè měng	see 蟹獴[xie4 meng3]
天蟹座	tiān xiè zuò	Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / variant of 巨蟹座
无脚蟹無腳蟹	wú jiǎo xiè	helpless lonely person
相手蟹	xiāng shǒu xiè	crab of family Sesarmidae
招潮蟹	zhāo cháo xiè	fiddler crab (genus Uca)
虾兵蟹将蝦兵蟹將	xiā bīng xiè jiàng	shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)	syn

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