虾池

蝦池
xiāchí
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 shrimp pond
  2. 2 shrimp farming pond

Examples

Yánhǎi dìqū yǒu bùshǎo yǎngzhí xiāchí.
There are many aquaculture shrimp ponds along the coast.
Táifēng guòhòu, xiāchí sǔnshī cǎnzhòng.
After the typhoon, losses at the shrimp ponds were heavy.

Tips

usage
虾池 is the aquaculture term for a pond dedicated to farming shrimp (usually or 南美). Compare with 鱼塘 (fish pond) and (crab pond); here specifies a man-made, bounded pool, not a natural body of water.

Stroke Order

xiā
chí