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Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
crab of family Sesarmidae
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
HSK 5
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
(gymnastics) to do a bridge / to do a crab
pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL: / (dialect) earring
HSK 7-9
hermit crab
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壳* | 壳* | *壳
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐, which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
back cover / shell (of crab etc)
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc)
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
crab / CL: 隻|只
crab meat
crab meat
freshwater fish, shrimp, crabs and clams etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟹* | 蟹* | *蟹
crab
crab louse; pubic louse
Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
(dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shellfish, crabs or other marine life
clams and crabs / tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
Crab Nebula
crab-eating mongoose
mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
crab of family Sesarmidae
crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛑* | 蛑* | *蛑
marine crab
crab paste
Hele crab
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鲎* | 鲎* | *鲎
horseshoe crab
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟳* | 蟳* | *蟳
(hairy sea-crab)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脐* | 脐* | *脐
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus / (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蜅* | 蜅* | *蜅
crab
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螯* | 螯* | *螯
chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)


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