虾皮 (xiāpí) · tiny dried shrimp (shell on)

Meanings

1 tiny dried shrimp (shell on)
2 Shopee, an online shopping platform

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

Tiny dried shrimp, so small and thin after drying that they look like flakes of skin, hence the name. A pinch adds a savoury shrimp taste to soups and cold dishes.

Contains shellfish

Used in 6 dishes

紫菜蛋花汤 zǐcài dànhuātāng

馄饨 húntun

馄饨面 húntúnmiàn

清炒冬瓜 qīngchǎo dōngguā

虾皮冬瓜 xiāpí dōngguā

酸汤水饺 suāntāng shuǐjiǎo

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

这包虾皮是在海边买的。

Zhè bāo xiāpí shì zài hǎibiān mǎi de.

This bag of dried shrimp was bought at the seaside.

HSK 7-9

奶奶煮馄饨的时候，喜欢在汤里撒一把虾皮和紫菜。

Nǎinai zhǔ húntun de shíhou, xǐhuan zài tāng lǐ sǎ yì bǎ xiāpí hé zǐcài.

When Grandma cooks wontons, she likes to sprinkle a handful of dried shrimp and seaweed into the soup.

Tips

memory

Despite the name, 虾皮 is not shrimp shells: it is whole tiny shrimp, cooked and dried shell and all, so thin they look like flakes of skin. Bigger dried shrimp with the shells taken off are 虾米 or 海米.

usage

It is also the Chinese name of Shopee, the online shopping platform big in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, so sellers who say they are opening a shop on 虾皮 mean the website.