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"horseshoe crab" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
鲎 鱟 hòu horseshoe crab syn
马蹄蟹 馬蹄蟹 mǎ tí xiè horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
鲎鱼 鱟魚 hòu yú horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
螃蟹 páng xiè crab / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn
钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring syn
马蹄 馬蹄 mǎ tí horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) syn
寄居蟹 jì jū xiè hermit crab syn
后盖 後蓋 hòu gài back cover / shell (of crab etc)
花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn
蟹黄 蟹黃 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
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
掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn
壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn
脐 臍 qí (bound form) the navel / the umbilicus / (bound form) the belly flap of a crab / apron syn
蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat
阴虱 陰虱 yīn shī crab louse / pubic louse
马蹄铁 馬蹄鐵 mǎ tí tiě horseshoe syn
螯 áo nippers / claw (of crab) / chela / pincers / Astacus fluviatilis
柰 nài Chinese pear-leaved crab-apple syn
马蹄形 馬蹄形 mǎ tí xíng horseshoe shape
蛑 móu marine crab
蟳 xún (hairy sea-crab)
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
蠏 xiè variant of 蟹 crab
蟹黄水 蟹黃水 xiè huáng shuǐ crab roe / crab spawn / (used for crab meat in general)
菊头蝠科 菊頭蝠科 jú tóu fú kē Horseshoe
马蹄星云 馬蹄星雲 mǎ tí xīng yún Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
马蹄形礁 mǎ tí xíng jiāo horseshoe reef
马蹄铁行动 馬蹄鐵行動 Operation Horseshoe
蜅 fǔ crab
和乐蟹 和樂蟹 hé lè xiè Hele crab
横爬行 橫爬行 héng pá xíng to walk sideways / crab-wise
海棠花 hǎi táng huā Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
溪蟹 xī xiè crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
绒螯蟹 絨螯蟹 róng áo xiè mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
螃蠏 páng xiè variant of 螃蟹 crab
蟹状星云 蟹狀星雲 xiè zhuàng xīng yún Crab Nebula
蟹獴 xiè měng crab-eating mongoose
蟹粉 xiè fěn crab meat
蟹酱 蟹醬 xiè jiàng crab paste
招潮蟹 zhāo cháo xiè fiddler crab (genus Uca)
红蟹 hóng xiè red crab
雪蟹 xuě xiè snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
步足 bù zú ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc)
相手蟹 xiāng shǒu xiè crab of family Sesarmidae
下腰 xià yāo (gymnastics) to do a bridge / to do a crab
蟛蜞 péng qí crab of family Sesarmidae
避风塘 避風塘 bì fēng táng typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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