凉虾

涼蝦
liángxiā
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 liangxia — cold rice-paste "shrimp" noodles (Sichuan / Hubei summer drink)

Examples

Xiàtiān jiē biān mài de liángxiā zuì shòu huānyíng.
The liangxia sold at summer street stalls is the most popular.
Yì wǎn jiā le hóngtángshuǐ de liángxiā, wǔ kuài qián.
A bowl of liangxia in brown-sugar syrup, five yuan.

Tips

culture
Rice flour is cooked into a paste and squeezed through a sieve into cold water, forming tiny white droplets shaped like miniature shrimp (hence ). Served chilled in brown-sugar water as a Sichuan / Chongqing / Hubei summer cool-down — closer to a drink than a soup.

Stroke Order

liáng
xiā