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蝦米
简 虾米 · 繁 蝦米Mandarin · pinyin xiā mǐ
Meanings
- small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps
- (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. siánn-mih, equivalent to Mandarin 什麼 shén me)
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1–3 · xia1 mi3
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haa1 mai5
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noun · Etymology 1
- dried and shelled small shrimp (Classifier: 粒 c)
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, chiefly northern China) small shrimp
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, chiefly Hebei Mandarin, Xinjiang Mandarin) shrimp
- (figurative, slang) rookie; newbie; noob
noun · Etymology 2
- (dated, slang, chiefly Mandarin) what
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