蝦米

See also: 虾米

Chinese

		shrimp; prawn	rice; meter
trad. (蝦米)		蝦	米
simp. (虾米)		虾	米

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāmi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄇㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ mai⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hà-mí
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hê-bí / hêe-bí

(Teochew, Peng'im): hê⁵ bhi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāmi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄇㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia.mhi
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ mi²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa¹ mai⁵
  - Yale: hā máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hà-mí
  - Hakka Romanization System: haˇ mi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ha² mi³
  - IPA: /ha¹¹ mi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-bí
  - Tâi-lô: hê-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: he'bie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /he²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêe-bí
  - Tâi-lô: hêe-bí
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hê⁵ bhi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hê bí
  - IPA ^(key): /he⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bi⁵²/

Noun

蝦米

dried small shrimp
(dialect, northern China) little shrimp

Descendants

→ Tagalog: hibi

Etymology 2

From Min Nan 啥物 (siáⁿ-mih, “what”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚㄇㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāmǐ → xiāmi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚㄇㄧˇ → ㄒㄧㄚ ˙ㄇㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia.mii
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ mi²/

Noun

蝦米

(dated, slang, chiefly Mandarin) what

Derived terms

嘸蝦米／呒虾米

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