| 螃蟹 | páng xiè | crab / CL:隻|只[zhi1] |   |
| 螃 |  páng | crab | |
| 蠏 | xiè | variant of 蟹 / crab | |
| 蜅 | fǔ | crab | |
| 螃蠏 | páng xiè | variant of 螃蟹 / crab | |
| 海棠 | hǎi táng | Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis) | |
| 钳子 | qián zi | pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring | |
| 后盖 | hòu gài | back cover / shell (of crab etc) | |
| 花红 | huā hóng | flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) | |
| 河蟹 | hé xiè | river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China) | |
| 蟹黄 | xiè huáng | the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) | |
| 寄居蟹 | jì jū xiè | hermit crab | |
| 鲎 | hòu | horseshoe crab | |
| 蛑 | móu | marine crab | |
| 虾兵蟹将 | 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) | |
| 蟹肉 | xiè ròu | crab meat | |
| 相手蟹 | xiāng shǒu xiè | crab of the family Sesarmidae | |
| 下腰 | xià yāo | (gymnastics) to do a bridge / to do a crab | |
| 和乐蟹 | hé lè xiè | Hele crab | |
| 溪蟹 | xī xiè | crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs | |
| 绒螯蟹 | róng áo xiè | mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) | |
| 蟹状星云 | xiè zhuàng xīng yún | Crab Nebula | |
| 蟹粉 | xiè fěn | crab meat | |
| 蟹酱 | xiè jiàng | crab paste | |
| 蟹黄水 | xiè huáng shuǐ | crab roe / crab spawn / (used for crab meat in general) | |
| 马蹄蟹 | mǎ tí xiè | horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) | |
| 招潮蟹 | zhāo cháo xiè | fiddler crab (genus Uca) | |
| 红蟹 | hóng xiè | red crab | |
| 雪蟹 | xuě xiè | snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) | |
| 步足 | bù zú | ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc) | |
| 鲎鱼 | hòu yú | horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) | |
