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Meaning of 蚌

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蚌Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 虫
Pictophonetic:丰 indicates the sound; 虫 (mollusk) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
Similar Characters: 虹 蛱 畦 蛙 蛘 蛀 蚱
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1
Pinyin: bàng
English Definition:mussel; clam
Chinese Definition:
①生活在淡水里的一种软体动物,介壳长圆形,表面黑褐色,壳内有珍珠层,有的可以产出珍珠:蚌胎(指珍珠)。
Example Words:
蚌壳 bàng ké clamshell
河蚌 hé bàng mussels; bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
鹬蚌相争 yù bàng xiāng zhēng lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
哲蚌寺 zhé bàng sì Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
彩蚌 cǎi bàng painted shell; painting on shell
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2
Pinyin: bèng
English Definition:abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level city 蚌埠市 , Anhui
Chinese Definition:
①(蚌埠)地名,在中国安徽省。
Example Words:
蚌埠 bèng bù Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui
蚌埠市 bèng bù shì Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui
蚌山 bèng shān Bengshan district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市 , Anhui
蚌山区 bèng shān qū Bengshan district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市 , Anhui
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Example Sentences
1
避免生鱼片
,
尤其是贝类水生物如牡蛎和蛤蚌
。
Avoid raw fish, especially shellfish like oysters and clams.
2
一天
,
河里的蚌游到岸边
,
把蚌壳张开晒太阳
。
A clam swam to the bank and opened its shell in the sun.
3
南极章鱼的食谱宽泛
,
从蛤蚌到鱼类皆来者不拒
。
Antarctic octopuses eat a wide variety of animals, from clams to fish.
4
牡蛎
、
蚌以及其它一些许多人所喜欢的贝类也同样受害
。
Oysters, clams and other creatures that are vital to many people's diets would also suffer.
5
蛤蚌的运动使得它周围的沙子形成一种流体
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-
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本质上是流沙
。
The clam' s movements turn the sand around the creature into more of a fluid - basically quicksand.