蝦米

See also: 虾米

Chinese

shrimp; prawn rice; metre
trad. (蝦米)
simp. (虾米)

Pronunciation


Noun

蝦米

  1. dried and shelled small shrimp (Classifier: c)
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, chiefly northern China) small shrimp
    小魚小魚蝦米 [MSC, trad.]
    小鱼小鱼虾米 [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
  • (shrimp):

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
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