蚌 (bàng): mussel

Measure Word

一只蚌 zhī

Meanings

1 mussel
2 clam
3 freshwater bivalve

Characters

蚌

bàng

mussel / clam (single character word)

Examples

河里有很多蚌。

Hé lǐ yǒu hěn duō bàng.

There are many mussels in the river.

蚌能产出珍珠。

Bàng néng chǎn chū zhēnzhū.

Mussels can produce pearls.

他们在海边捡了很多蚌壳。

Tāmen zài hǎibiān jiǎn le hěn duō bàng ké.

They picked up many clam shells on the beach.

Tips

culture

The idiom 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 (the sandpiper and the clam fight, the fisherman profits) uses 蚌 to describe two sides fighting while a third benefits — equivalent to the English expression about two dogs fighting for a bone.

Stroke Order

蚌 bàng

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