蝦米

蝦米

See also: 虾米

Chinese

		shrimp; prawn	rice; meter
trad. (蝦米)		蝦	米
simp. (虾米)		虾	米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāmi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄇㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ mai⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hà-mí
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hê-bí / hêe-bí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hê⁵ bhi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāmi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄇㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia.mhi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mi²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ mai⁵
    • Yale: hā máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ mei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /häː⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hà-mí
    • Hakka Romanization System: haˇ mi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha² mi³
    • IPA: /ha¹¹ mi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-bí
    • Tâi-lô: hê-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he'bie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêe-bí
    • Tâi-lô: hêe-bí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hê⁵ bhi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hê bí
    • IPA ^(key): /he⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bi⁵²/

Noun

蝦米

1. dried small shrimp
2. (dialectal Mandarin, chiefly northern China) small shrimp

   大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米。 [MSC, trad.]
   大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dà yú chī xiǎo yú, xiǎo yú chī xiāmi. [Pinyin]

   Big fish eat small fish; small fish eat tiny shrimps.

3. (Xinjiang Mandarin) shrimp

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝦 (“shrimp; prawn”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝦
Mandarin	Beijing	蝦
	Taiwan	蝦, 蝦子
	Harbin	蝦
	Shenyang	蝦
	Jinan	蝦
	Muping	蝦
	Luoyang	蝦
	Wanrong	蝦
	Xi'an	蝦
	Zhengzhou	馬蝦
	Xining	蝦
	Xuzhou	馬蝦, 蝦
	Yinchuan	蝦
	Lanzhou	蝦
	Ürümqi	蝦米
	Wuhan	蝦子
	Chengdu	蝦子, 蝦
	Guiyang	蝦子
	Liuzhou	蝦公, 蝦子
	Kunming	蝦
	Yangzhou	蝦子
	Nanjing	蝦子
	Hefei	蝦子
	Nantong	蝦兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝦, 蝦公
	Hong Kong	蝦
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蝦公
	Foshan	蝦
	Shunde	蝦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蝦公
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	蝦
	Taishan	蝦
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蝦
	Dongguan	蝦, 蝦公
	Shaoguan	蝦
	Yunfu	蝦公
	Yangjiang	蝦
	Xinyi	蝦
	Lianjiang	蝦
	Danzhou	蝦
	Kuala Lumpur	蝦
Gan	Nanchang	蝦子
	Lichuan	蝦公
	Pingxiang	蝦公
Hakka	Meixian	蝦公
	Xingning	蝦公
	Huidong (Daling)	蝦公
	Qujiang	蝦公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蝦公
	Changting	蝦公
	Pingyu	蝦公
	Wuping	蝦公
	Liancheng	蝦公
	Ninghua	蝦公
	Yudu	蝦蟲
	Ruijin	蝦公
	Shicheng	蝦公
	Shangyou	蝦公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝦公
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	蝦公
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	蝦公
	Dongshi (Dabu)	蝦公
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	蝦公
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	蝦
	Hong Kong	蝦公
	Sabah	蝦
	Senai	蝦公
	Singkawang	蝦公
Huizhou	Jixi	蝦蝦
Jin	Taiyuan	蝦
	Xinzhou	蝦兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蝦
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蝦
	Fuqing	蝦
Min Nan	Xiamen	蝦
	Quanzhou	蝦
	Zhangzhou	蝦
	Taipei	蝦仔
	Kaohsiung	蝦仔
	Tainan	蝦仔
	Taichung	蝦仔
	Wuqi	蝦仔
	Hsinchu	蝦仔
	Taitung	蝦仔
	Lukang	蝦仔
	Yilan	蝦仔
	Magong	蝦仔
	Penang	蝦
	Singapore	蝦
	Chaozhou	蝦
	Haifeng	蝦
	Johor Bahru	蝦
	Wenchang	蝦
	Haikou	蝦
	Leizhou	蝦
Pinghua	Nanning	蝦
Wu	Shanghai	蝦
	Suzhou	蝦
	Wuxi	蝦
	Hangzhou	蝦兒
	Wenzhou	蝦兒
	Chongming	蝦
	Danyang	沼蝦
	Jinhua	蝦公, 蝦兒
	Ningbo	蝦
Xiang	Changsha	蝦公子, 蝦子
	Shuangfeng	蝦公子
	Xiangtan	蝦公子
	Loudi	蝦公子

Compounds

大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米／大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米 (dàyú chī xiǎoyú, xiǎoyú chī xiāmi)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hibi

Etymology 2

From Min Nan 啥物 (siáⁿ-mih, “what”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāmǐ → xiāmi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄧˇ → ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄇㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia.mii
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mi²/

Noun

蝦米

1. (dated, slang, chiefly Mandarin) what

Derived terms

嘸蝦米／呒虾米