How to say “Shrimp, prawn” in Cantonese

haa1蝦

haa1 · Shrimp, prawn

Used for shrimp and prawns of any size. Appears in many dim sum names, like 蝦餃.

The colour of each syllable is its tone — Cantonese has six, and the same sound in another tone is another word.

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