蝦米

See also: 虾米

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

Pronunciation

Noun

蝦米

  1. dried and shelled small shrimp (Classifier: 粒 c)
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, 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. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, chiefly Hebei Mandarin, Xinjiang Mandarin) shrimp
  4. (figurative, slang) rookie; newbie; noob
Synonyms
  • (dried and shelled small shrimp): 米蝦／米虾
Dialectal synonyms of 蝦米 (“dried and shelled small shrimp”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蝦米
Mandarin Taiwan 蝦米
Harbin 海米
Yantai (Muping) 海米
Jinan 海米, 海蝦米 dated
Luoyang 海米
Xi'an 蝦米
Yinchuan 蝦米
Xining 蝦米
Ürümqi 海米
Wuhan 海米
Chengdu 蝦米
Guiyang 蝦米
Liuzhou 蝦米
Xuzhou 蝦米, 蝦米兒, 開洋 bigger, 開洋米 bigger
Yangzhou 蝦米, 開洋 bigger
Nanjing 蝦米, 開洋 bigger
Cantonese Guangzhou 蝦米
Hong Kong 蝦米
Dongguan 蝦米
Gan Nanchang 蝦米
Hakka Yudu 蝦米
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蝦米, 蝦蜚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蝦米, 蝦蜚仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蝦米
Southern Min Xiamen 冇米仔, 蝦螕
Quanzhou 蝦螕
Jinjiang 蝦米
Zhangzhou 冇米仔
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 蝦米
Wu Shanghai 開洋, 蝦米
Suzhou 蝦米, 開洋, 開洋蝦米
Danyang 開洋
Hangzhou 開洋
Ningbo 開洋, 蝦米
Wenzhou 蝦米
Jinhua 開洋
Xiang Changsha 蝦米
Loudi 蝦米子
  • (shrimp):
Dialectal synonyms of 蝦 (“shrimp; prawn”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蝦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蝦
Mandarin Beijing 蝦, 蝦米 small
Taiwan 蝦, 蝦子
Tianjin 蝦米
Langfang 蝦
Chengde 蝦
Tangshan 蝦, 蝦米
Cangzhou 蝦米
Baoding 蝦
Shijiazhuang 蝦
Daming 蝦米
Chifeng 蝦
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蝦, 蝦米
Heihe 蝦, 蝦米
Qiqihar 蝦, 蝦米
Harbin 蝦, 蝦米兒
Jiamusi 蝦, 蝦米
Baicheng 蝦, 蝦米
Changchun 蝦米
Tonghua 蝦, 蝦米
Shenyang 蝦, 蝦米
Dandong 蝦, 蝦米
Jinzhou 蝦, 蝦米
Dalian 蝦
Yantai 蝦
Yantai (Muping) 蝦
Qingdao 蝦
Lijin 蝦
Zhucheng 蝦子
Jinan 蝦, 蝦米 small
Jining 蝦
Luoyang 蝦
Wanrong 蝦
Shangqiu 蝦, 蝦米, 馬蝦
Yuanyang 蝦, 蝦米
Zhengzhou 馬蝦
Lingbao 馬蝦
Xinyang 麻蝦
Baihe 蝦, 蝦米
Hanzhong 蝦, 蝦米
Xi'an 蝦, 蝦米
Baoji 蝦, 蝦米
Yinchuan 蝦, 蝦米
Tianshui 蝦米
Lanzhou 蝦, 蝦米
Dunhuang 蝦
Xining 蝦, 蝦米
Hami 蝦米
Ürümqi 蝦米
Wuhan 蝦子, 蝦, 蝦米
Huanggang 蝦子
Yichang 蝦, 蝦米
Xiangyang 馬蝦
Tianmen 蝦, 蝦米
Hong'an 蝦子
Chengdu 蝦子, 蝦
Nanchong 蝦子
Dazhou 蝦子
Hanyuan 蝦子
Xichang 蝦子
Zigong 蝦子, 馬蝦
Chongqing 蝦子
Guiyang 蝦子
Zunyi 蝦
Bijie 蝦子
Liping 蝦子
Zhaotong 蝦
Dali 蝦子
Kunming 蝦, 蝦米
Mengzi 蝦
Guilin 蝦子, 蝦
Liuzhou 蝦, 蝦公, 蝦子
Jishou 蝦公
Changde 蝦子
Anqing 蝦子
Xuzhou 馬蝦, 蝦
Fuyang 馬蝦
Wuhu 蝦子
Yangzhou 蝦子, 蝦
Lianyungang 蝦子, 蝦
Lianshui 蝦子
Nanjing 蝦子, 蝦
Hefei 蝦子, 馬蝦
Chuzhou 蝦子
Nantong 蝦兒, 蝦米
Malaysia 蝦
Singapore 蝦
Cantonese Guangzhou 蝦, 蝦公
Hong Kong 蝦
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 蝦公
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 蝦
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 蝦公
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蝦公, 蝦仔
Macau 蝦
Guangzhou (Panyu) 蝦
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蝦
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蝦公
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蝦公
Foshan 蝦
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蝦
Foshan (Shunde) 蝦
Foshan (Sanshui) 蝦公
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蝦
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蝦公
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 蝦
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 蝦
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蝦
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蝦
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蝦
Taishan 蝦
Kaiping (Chikan) 蝦
Enping (Niujiang) 蝦
Heshan (Yayao) 蝦
Dongguan 蝦, 蝦公
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 蝦
Qingyuan 蝦公
Fogang 蝦
Yingde (Hanguang) 蝦公
Yangshan 蝦
Lianshan (Butian) 蝦
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 蝦
Shaoguan 蝦
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蝦
Renhua 蝦公
Lechang 蝦, 蝦公
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蝦
Sihui 蝦
Guangning 蝦
Deqing 蝦
Huaiji 蝦公
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蝦
Yunfu 蝦公
Xinxing 蝦
Luoding 蝦公
Yunan (Pingtai) 蝦
Yangjiang 蝦
Xinyi 蝦
Lianjiang 蝦
Nanning 蝦, 蝦公
Wuzhou 蝦
Yulin 蝦
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蝦
Beihai 蝦
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蝦
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蝦
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 蝦
Danzhou 蝦
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 蝦
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蝦
Singapore (Guangfu) 蝦
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蝦
Móng Cái 蝦
Gan Nanchang 蝦子
Pengze 蝦子
Lichuan 蝦公
Pingxiang 蝦公
Liuyang 蝦子
Hakka Meixian 蝦公
Xingning 蝦公
Dabu (Xihe) 蝦公
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 蝦
Huiyang 蝦公
Huidong (Daling) 蝦公
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蝦公
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 蝦
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 蝦公
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 蝦公
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 蝦公
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 蝦公, 蝦
Wuhua (Huacheng) 蝦
Wuhua (Changbu) 蝦
Wuhua (Mianyang) 蝦
Heyuan (Bendihua) 蝦公
Wengyuan 蝦伯
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蝦公
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 蝦公
Liannan 蝦公
Conghua (Lütian) 蝦
Jiexi 蝦公
Luhe 蝦
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 蝦公
Changting 蝦公
Wuping 蝦公
Wuping (Yanqian) 蝦公
Wuping (Pingyu) 蝦公
Liancheng 蝦公
Ninghua 蝦公
Yudu 蝦蟲
Ningdu 蝦公
Ruijin 蝦公
Shicheng 蝦公
Shangyou (Shexi) 蝦公
Tonggu (Sandu) 蝦公
Ganzhou (Panlong) 蝦公
Dayu 蝦公
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蝦公
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蝦公
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蝦公
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蝦公
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蝦公
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蝦
Hong Kong 蝦公
Yangxi (Tangkou) 蝦
Yangchun (Sanjia) 蝦公
Xinyi (Sihe) 蝦
Xinyi (Qianpai) 蝦公
Gaozhou (Xindong) 蝦公
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 蝦公
Huazhou (Xin'an) 蝦
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 蝦公
Lianjiang (Qingping) 蝦公
Mengshan (Xihe) 蝦公
Luchuan 蝦公
Luchuan (Daqiao) 蝦公
Sabah (Longchuan) 蝦
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 蝦公
Senai (Huiyang) 蝦公
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 蝦公
Singkawang 蝦公
Huizhou Jixi 蝦蝦
Shexian 蝦
Tunxi 蝦兒
Jin Taiyuan 蝦, 蝦米 small
Yangyuan 蝦
Datong 蝦
Xinzhou 蝦兒
Lishi 蝦
Linfen 蝦兒
Changzhi 蝦, 蝦米
Linhe 蝦
Jining 蝦米
Hohhot 蝦
Erenhot 蝦米
Pingshan 蝦
Zhangjiakou 蝦, 蝦米
Handan 蝦, 蝦米
Linzhou 蝦, 蝦米
Suide 蝦
Northern Min Jian'ou 蝦
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蝦
Fuqing 蝦
Matsu 蝦
Southern Min Xiamen 蝦
Quanzhou 蝦
Yongchun 蝦蛄
Zhangzhou 蝦
Dongshan 蝦
Taipei 蝦
Taipei (Wanhua) 蝦仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 蝦
Kaohsiung 蝦, 蝦仔
Yilan 蝦, 蝦仔
Changhua (Lukang) 蝦仔
Taichung 蝦仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 蝦仔
Tainan 蝦仔
Taitung 蝦仔
Hsinchu 蝦仔
Kinmen 蝦
Penghu (Magong) 蝦, 蝦仔
Penang (Hokkien) 蝦
Singapore (Hokkien) 蝦
Manila (Hokkien) 蝦
Longyan 蝦公仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 蝦
Chaozhou 蝦
Haifeng 蝦
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 蝦
Singapore (Teochew) 蝦
Leizhou 蝦
Wenchang 蝦
Haikou 蝦
Puxian Min Putian 蝦
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 蝦
Sanxiang 蝦
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 蝦, 蝦子
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 蝦, 蝦公
Shehua Fu'an 蝦
Fuding 蝦
Luoyuan 蝦
Sanming 蝦
Shunchang 蝦
Hua'an 蝦
Guixi (Zhangping) 蝦
Cangnan 蝦
Jingning 蝦
Lishui 蝦
Longyou 蝦
Chaozhou 蝦
Fengshun 蝦公
Wu Shanghai 蝦
Shanghai (Chongming) 蝦
Suzhou 蝦
Wuxi 蝦
Danyang 沼蝦
Hangzhou 蝦兒
Ningbo 蝦
Wenzhou 蝦兒
Jinhua 蝦公, 蝦兒
Xiang Changsha 蝦公子, 蝦子, 金鉤
Xiangtan 蝦公子
Loudi 蝦公子
Shuangfeng 蝦公子
Quanzhou 蝦公

Compounds
Descendants
  • → Tagalog: hibi
  • → Indonesian: ebi
  • → Khmer: ហៃប៊ី (haybii)

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 啥物 (siáⁿ-mih, “what”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蝦米

  1. (dated, slang, chiefly Mandarin) what
Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.