蝦米

small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])

虾

蝦

xia̅

米

mǐ

small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])

Characters and words in 蝦米

虾

蝦

há = h + a2

see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5]

虾

蝦

xia̅ = xi + a1

shrimp / prawn

虾 = 虫 + 下 : In order to be admitted to the ashram Xi Shi (xi) has to complete a trial in front of it (a1). She has to survive a sea of shrimp (虾) only with the help of a ladder (下) on which she can save herself from the shrimp army. To not make it too easy for her though there's also an army of mosquitoes (虫) harassing her.

米

mǐ = mi + Ø3

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

米 = 丷 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.