對蝦

See also: 对虾

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	shrimp; prawn
trad. (對蝦)		對	蝦
simp. (对虾)		对	虾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìxiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ haa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-hê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dui³ hê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìxiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèisia
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-hsia¹
    • Yale: dwèi-syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyshia
    • Palladius: дуйся (dujsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ haa¹
    • Yale: deui hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ haː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-hê
    • Tâi-lô: tuì-hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duie'hee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ he²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dui³ hê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tùi hê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ he⁵⁵/

Noun

對蝦

1. 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	大蝦, 大對蝦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大蝦, 對蝦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	對蝦, 大對蝦
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