蚌

bàng
  1. mussel
  2. clam

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete) pearl
  2. common name for some bivalve molluscs
  3. pearl
  4. short for 蚌埠 (Bèngbù, “Bengbu”)

Wiktionary

动物名。软体动物门斧足纲。体软有壳，大者长八九寸，能产珠，壳可製器。

重編國語辭典

  1. 珍珠
  2. 蚌埠(Bèngbù)的简称。
  3. 双壳纲软体动物的通称

維基詞典

Homographs

蚌 Bèng abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level City 蚌埠市 Bèngbù Shì, Anhui

Containing this entry

哲蚌寺 Zhébàngsì Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
彩蚌 cǎibàng
  1. painted shell
  2. painting on shell
河蚌 hébàng
  1. mussels
  2. bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
老蚌生珠 lǎobàngshēngzhū
  1. lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom)
  2. fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
蚌壳 bàngké clamshell
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