蜆仔

Chinese

		Cyclina orientalis	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (蜆仔)		蜆	仔
simp. (蚬仔)		蚬	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hán-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): han³ ê³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kán-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hán-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: han` e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: han³ e³
    • Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /han³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Meinong): /han³¹ e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: han³ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /han³¹ ne³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-á
    • Tâi-lô: kán-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafn'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun

蜆仔

1. (Hakka) clam
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) a kind of edible yellow-green bivalve (narrow and long, living in fresh water or shallow beaches)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛤蜊 (“clam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛤蜊
Mandarin	Beijing	蛤蜊
	Taiwan	蛤蜊
	Jinan	蛤拉
	Luoyang	海蚌兒
	Ürümqi	蚌殼子
	Yangzhou	蛤蜊
	Malaysia	啦啦
	Singapore	啦啦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜆
	Hong Kong	蜆
	Dongguan	蛤蜊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	啦啦
Hakka	Meixian	蜆仔, 順𧋓仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蜆仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蜆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜆仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜆仔, 蜆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜆子
Jin	Taiyuan	海鉢鉢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蛤蜊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蛤蜊
Southern Min	Xiamen	蚶, 蜊仔, 沙蜊, 蟯
	Quanzhou	蚶, 沙蜊, 蟯
	Zhangzhou	蚶, 蜊仔, 蟯
	Tainan	蚶仔, 蜊仔, 蟯仔, 粉蟯
	Penang (Hokkien)	蜊蜊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚶, 蜊蜊, 沙蜊
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚶
Wu	Shanghai	蛤蜊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	麻蚶子
	Suzhou	阿蜊
	Hangzhou	蛤蜊
	Ningbo	蛤皮, 圓蛤
	Wenzhou	蚶兒
Xiang	Changsha	湖殼子