沙蝦

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	shrimp; prawn
trad. (沙蝦)		沙	蝦
simp. (沙虾)		沙	虾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāxiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄒㄧㄚ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soa-hê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sua¹ hê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāxiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shasia
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-hsia¹
    • Yale: shā-syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashia
    • Palladius: шася (šasja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-hê
    • Tâi-lô: sua-hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soa'hee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ he²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ he²⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /sua³³ he²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sua¹ hê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua hê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sua³³⁻²³ he⁵⁵/

Noun

沙蝦

1. (Taiwan) greasyback shrimp; sand shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis)
2. (Teochew) Chinese white shrimp; fleshy prawn (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 對蝦 (“Chinese white shrimp; fleshy prawn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		對蝦, 明蝦
Mandarin	Harbin	大蝦, 大對蝦
	Yantai (Muping)	對蝦, 大對蝦
	Jinan	大蝦, 對蝦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	明蝦
Southern Min	Xiamen	對蝦
	Shantou	沙蝦, 對蝦
Wu	Shanghai	明蝦, 對蝦
	Ningbo	明蝦, 對蝦