明蝦

See also: 明虾

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	shrimp; prawn
trad. (明蝦)		明	蝦
simp. (明虾)		明	虾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngxiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ haa¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): min² ha¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-ho; ⁶min-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngxiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngsia
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-hsia¹
    • Yale: míng-syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshia
    • Palladius: минся (minsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ haa¹
    • Yale: mìhng hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ haː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: min² ha¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ha⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min-ho; ⁶min-hoe
    • MiniDict: min^去 ho; min^去 hoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-ho; ³min-hoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ho⁴⁴/, /min²² hø⁴⁴/

Noun

明蝦

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