Crab in Chinese (Mandarin): 螃蟹 (pángxiè)
螃蟹
pángxiè
crab
- Simplified
- 螃蟹
- Traditional
- 螃蟹
- Pinyin
- pángxiè
- Typed as
- pangxie
Use it in a sentence
螃蟹横着走。
螃蟹橫著走。
The crab walks sideways.
The characters in 螃蟹
螃
Part of the word for crab. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
16 strokes
蟹
Crab. 虫 (bug) is at the bottom.
19 strokes
Crabs walk sideways: 横着走 (héngzhe zǒu). Count them with 只 (zhī): 一只螃蟹.
More examples with 螃蟹
螃蟹有两只大钳子。
螃蟹有兩隻大鉗子。
Pángxiè yǒu liǎng zhī dà qiánzi.
The crab has two big claws.
沙滩上有一只螃蟹。
沙灘上有一隻螃蟹。
Shātān shang yǒu yì zhī pángxiè.
There is a crab on the beach.
How to write 螃蟹 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
螃 16 strokes
蟹 19 strokes
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