海虹

hǎihóng

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

我们晚上吃了一大盆海虹。

Wǒmen wǎnshang chī le yí dà pén hǎihóng.

We had a big bowl of mussels for dinner.

HSK 6

在青岛，海虹很便宜，用清水煮一下就很鲜。

Zài Qīngdǎo, hǎihóng hěn piányi, yòng qīngshuǐ zhǔ yíxià jiù hěn xiān.

In Qingdao mussels are cheap, and simply boiled in water they taste wonderfully fresh.

usage

One shellfish, three names: 海虹 in the north, especially Shandong and Liaoning; 青口 in the south; 贻贝 in textbooks. Dried mussel meat is 淡菜.

海 hǎi

虹 hóng