Jù xiè zuò 
		Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			hé xiè 
		river crab
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			xiè huáng 
		the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab
soft interior of crab as a food delicacy
crab meat
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiā bīng xiè jiàng 
		shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
useless troops (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			róng áo xiè 
		mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǎ tí xiè 
		horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tiān xiè zuò 
		Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
variant of 巨蟹座
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Mó xiè zuò 
		Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
used erroneously for 魔羯座
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiè huáng shuǐ 
		crab roe
crab spawn
(used for crab meat in general)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiāng shǒu xiè 
		crab of the family Sesarmidae
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ruǎn jiǎo xiè 
		same as 軟腳蝦|软脚虾[ruan3 jiao3 xia1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xuě xiè 
		snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)