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Meaning of 蚌

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mollusk) conveys the meaning.
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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 clamshell
河蚌 bàng mussels; bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
鹬蚌相争 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 Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
彩蚌 cǎi bàng painted shell; painting on shell
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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 Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui
蚌埠市 bèng 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 Bengshan district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市 , Anhui
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Example Sentences
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Avoid raw fish, especially shellfish like oysters and clams.
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A clam swam to the bank and opened its shell in the sun.
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Antarctic octopuses eat a wide variety of animals, from clams to fish.
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Oysters, clams and other creatures that are vital to many people's diets would also suffer.
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The clam' s movements turn the sand around the creature into more of a fluid - basically quicksand.