皮皮蝦

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	leather; skin; fur	shrimp; prawn
trad. (皮皮蝦)		皮	皮	蝦
simp. (皮皮虾)		皮	皮	虾

皮皮蝦。

Etymology

Originally a Northern Chinese word. Speculated by some to be a corruption of 琵琶蝦／琵琶虾 (pípáxiā, “pipa shrimp”), from the similarity in shape.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pípíxiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pípíxiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pípísia
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pʻi²-hsia¹
    • Yale: pí-pí-syā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyipyishia
    • Palladius: пипися (pipisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

Noun

皮皮蝦

1. mantis shrimp; stomatopod

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝦蛄 (“mantis shrimp”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝦蛄
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	皮皮蝦
	Taiwan	蝦蛄
	Harbin	蝦耙子
	Singapore	蝦蛄
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	螻蛄蝦, 蝦耙子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瀨尿蝦
	Hong Kong	瀨尿蝦
	Dongguan	富貴蝦, 瀨尿蝦
	Penang (Guangfu)	瀨尿蝦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瀨尿蝦
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	瀨尿蝦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蝦蛄
	Singapore (Fuqing)	蝦蛄
Southern Min	Tainan	蝦蛄
	Tainan (Anping)	蝦蛄, 蝦猴
	Penang (Hokkien)	蝦蛄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蝦蛄
Wu	Ningbo	蝦皮彈蟲, 蝦蛄彈, 惹尿撲

Derived terms

• 皮皮蝦，我們走／皮皮虾，我们走

 

See also

• Vietnamese: bề bề