蝦春

Chinese

		shrimp; prawn	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (蝦春)		蝦	春
simp. (虾春)		虾	春

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ ceon¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hê⁵ cung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: hā chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hê⁵ cung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hê tshung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /he⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ³³/

Noun

蝦春

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) shrimp roe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝦子 (“shrimp roe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝦子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蝦子
	Harbin	蝦子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蝦子兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蝦子
	Xi'an	蝦子
	Xuzhou	蝦子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蝦子蛋
	Wuhan	蝦子子
	Liuzhou	蝦蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蝦子
	Yangzhou	蝦子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝦春
	Hong Kong	蝦子
	Dongguan	蝦子
Hakka	Meixian	蝦卵
Jin	Taiyuan	蝦子兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蝦卵, 蝦子
Southern Min	Xiamen	蝦卵, 蝦子
	Shantou	蝦春
	Jieyang	蝦春, 蝦卵
	Leizhou	蝦卵
	Haikou	蝦卵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝦子蛋, 蝦蛋
Wu	Shanghai	蝦子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蝦子
	Suzhou	蝦子
	Danyang	蝦子
	Hangzhou	蝦子
	Ningbo	蝦子
	Wenzhou	蝦子
	Jinhua	蝦兒子