Hoo Hey How
Hoo Hey How (Yu Xia Xie) (Chinese: 魚蝦蟹; lit. 'Fish-Prawn-Crab', Pinyin: Yu Xia Xie) is a Chinese dice game played with three identical six-sided dice. It is related to Bầu cua cá cọp in Vietnam, Klah Klok/kla klouk in Cambodia, and similar to Crown and Anchor in the West Indies and the American game chuck-a-luck.
| Face | Hoo Hey How (Yu Xia Xie) | Alternate | Bầu cua cá cọp | Klah Klok |
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| 1 | Fish (red) | Fish (green) | Fish (red) | |
| 2 | Calabash (blue) | Stag (brown) | ||
| 3 | Prawn (green) | Cock (red) | Tiger (black) | Prawn (black) |
| 4 | Crab (green) | Prawn (red) | Crab (green) | |
| 5 | Coin (blue) | Prawn (green) | Calabash (blue) | |
| 6 | Cock (red) | Crab (green) | Cock (red) | Cock (yellow) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 魚蝦蟹 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鱼虾蟹 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | fish-shrimp-crab | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 魚蝦鱟 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鱼虾鲎 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | fish-shrimp-horseshoe crab | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Bầu cua cá cọp | ||||||||||
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