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"mantis shrimp" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
皮皮虾 皮皮蝦 pí pí xiā mantis shrimp
虾蛄 蝦蛄 xiā gū mantis shrimp
爬虾 爬蝦 pá xiā mantis shrimp
虾爬子 蝦爬子 xiā pá zi mantis shrimp
Chinese Pinyin Translation
虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn
螳螂 táng láng mantis / praying mantis syn
螳蜋 螳螂 táng láng mantis / praying mantis
虾子 蝦子 xiā zǐ shrimp roe / shrimp eggs syn
虾仁 蝦仁 xiā rén shrimp meat / shelled shrimp
对虾 對蝦 duì xiā prawn / shrimp syn
干货 乾貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4])
小虾米 小蝦米 xiǎo xiā mi shrimp / fig. small fry / minor player
虾皮 蝦皮 xiā pí small dried shrimp syn
虾 蝦 xiā shrimp / prawn syn
螳 táng praying mantis syn
虾酱 蝦醬 xiā jiàng shrimp paste
养虾 yǎng xiā shrimp hatchery
螵蛸 piāo xiāo ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 [hai3 piao1 xiao1])
蟭 jiāo eggs of mantis
螳臂当车 螳臂當車 táng bì dāng chē lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1] syn
螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
魵 fén shrimp
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
蟷 dāng mantis
北派螳蜋拳 北派螳螂拳 běi pài táng láng quán Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
南派螳蜋 南派螳螂 nán pài táng láng Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
螳蜋捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
螳蜋捕蝉，黄雀在后 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
北派螳螂拳 běi pài táng láng quán Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
南派螳螂 nán pài táng láng Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
刀螂 dāo lang (dialect) mantis syn
口足目 kǒu zú mù Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)
对虾科 對蝦科 duì xiā kē penaeidae (the prawn or shrimp family)
小虾 小蝦 xiǎo xiā shrimp
剑虾 jiàn xiā rose shrimp
拟须虾 擬須蝦 nǐ xū xiā giant red shrimp / giant gamba prawn
青赤虾 qīng chì xiā blue and red shrimp
虾线 蝦線 xiā xiàn digestive tract of a shrimp / sand vein
日本沼虾 日本沼蝦 rì běn zhǎo xiā oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qing1 xia1]
青虾 青蝦 qīng xiā oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp
虾子 蝦子 xiā zi shrimp syn
醉虾 醉蝦 zuì xiā drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)
峇拉煎 bā lā jiān (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
马拉盏 馬拉盞 mǎ lā zhǎn (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
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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