象鼻蚌

xiàngbíbàng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 geoduck
  2. 2 elephant-trunk clam (Panopea generosa)

Examples

Xiàngbíbàng de cháng cháng hóngxīguǎn kàn qǐlái xiàng dàxiàng de bízi.
The geoduck's long siphon looks like an elephant's trunk.
Rìliào diàn lǐ de xiàngbíbàng cìshēn hěn guì dàn kǒugǎn shuǎngcuì.
The geoduck sashimi at Japanese restaurants is expensive but wonderfully crunchy.

Tips

culture
Also called 象拔蚌. Native to the northeast Pacific (Washington State, British Columbia), where most of the world's supply is farmed, with nearly all exports going to China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Can live over 160 years.

Stroke Order

xiàng
bàng