bàng

common
noun

Meaning of

蚌 means freshwater mussel/clam. Pronounced bàng.

  • freshwater mussel/clam

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

bàng
de
ròu
shí
yòng
 
yòng
lái
zhì
zuò
liào
 

The meat of freshwater mussels can be eaten and also used to make feed.

Zhēn
zhū
shì
yóu
bàng
nèi
de
xíng
chéng
de
 

Pearls form when a foreign substance irritates the inside of a mussel.

ye
zài
biān
le
xiǎo
bàng
huí
jiā
 

Grandpa picked up a few small freshwater mussels by the river and took them home.

Bàng
bèi
jiā
gōng
chéng
gōng
pǐn
 

Mussel shells can be processed into handicrafts.

bàng
xiāng
zhēng
 
wēng
shì
zhù
míng
de
chéng
 

The snipe and the mussel fight, the fisherman wins is a well-known Chinese idiom.

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