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Meaning of 蟹

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Pinyin: xiè
English Definition: crab
Chinese Definition:
①(螃蟹)节肢动物,水陆两栖。全身有甲壳,足有五对,前双足成钳状,称“。
②螯,横着爬。腹部分节,俗称“脐”,雄性脐呈长尖形,雌性脐呈椭圆形。简称“蟹”,如“河蟹”,“海蟹”,“蟹黄”,“蟹青”。
Total strokes: 19; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (insect) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ jiě ] to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
    • [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
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Example Words
螃蟹 páng xiè crab; Classifiers:
河蟹 xiè river crab; Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和谐 , which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
蟹黄 xiè huáng the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab; soft interior of crab as a food delicacy; crab meat
蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat
虾兵蟹将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
Most of them are made with fresh fish, shrimp, crab, and other seafood.
2
But they face a problem: invading "river crabs" that are devouring their grassland.
3
People were capturing the crabs and selling them as bait for the more profitable eel and whelk fisheries.
4
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The baby crabs develop in coastal sea grasses, eventually coming onto land to repeat the life cycle.
5
The effect of the spill on the eggs and larvae of shrimps, crabs, and fish, all key to the local economy, remains unknown.