Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiàn
- xiǎn
English
- a variety of bivalves
- basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬[zhen1 xian3]
- (noun) clam
- (small) clam
粵語
- 有兩邊對稱殼軟體動物嘅統稱，兩個殼中間有條肌肉連住，廣泛生活喺鹹淡水；廣義嚟講包括青口、扇貝、蠔、蚌；日常講嘅蜆係指喺海邊生活細隻食得嘅品種
Decomposition
Stroke order
No stroke diagram available for this character.
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 蜆
- 摸蜆mo2 hin2
to grope a woman's genitals [colloquial]
- 蜆殼hin2 hok3
Shell (brand of gas and fuel)
- 蜆鴨hin2 aap3
wild duck
- 蜆塘hin2 tong4
a reservoir for clam farming
- 真蜆zan1 hin2
Corbicula leana, a species of clam
- 蜆排hin2 paai4
- 蜆殼粉hin2 hok3 fan2
Conchiglie, a type of pasta
- 蜆殼字hin2 hok3 zi6
adversative; antonyms
- 周打蜆湯zau1 daa2 hin2 tong1
Chowder soup with clam
- 蛋家婆摸蜆daan6 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2
totally hopeless; to have no hope for something [colloquial]
- 蜑家婆摸蜆daan6 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2
to have given up hope, to have only hope for the next life, to have no hope (a sandwich pun which literally means "Tanka boatwoman gropes for clams", which is followed by the phrase 第篩 dai6 sai1 (another sieve); which puns with 第世 dai6 sai3 (second life) )