What is the Chinese word of shrimp?

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What is the Chinese word of shrimp?

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I am trying to figure out how to write shrimp in Chinese. If I was counting shrimp, 1 shrimp, 2 shrimp or 3 shrimp, would it be Ha for 1 shrimp, Ha Ha for 2 shrimp, & Ha Ha Ha for 3 shrimp?

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ptwxs | Lv1 | Answer Date：2009.08.29 00:55 (2) | (0)

Shrimp is written as 虾 in simplified Chinese or 蝦 in traditional. In Putonghua, it is pronounced as [xiā], while [Ha] is the Cantonese pronunciation.

The measure word for 虾 is 只 [zhī]. So, 1 shrimp is 一只虾, 2 shrimp is 两只虾 and 3 shrimp is 三只虾.

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