How to write 蚌

蚌 bàng 名 1. A type of freshwater mollusk, with an elongated shell that is dark brown on the outside and has a layer of pearls inside; some of them can produce pearls. （生活在淡水里的一种软体动物，介壳长圆形，表面黑褐色，壳内有珍珠层，有的可以产出珍珠。） 2. Fine pearl. （美珠。） 3. Another term for 蚌埠 (Bengbu). （另见 bèng (蚌埠)。） 引 1. "The Book of Changes": The Li hexagram is associated with the mussel. （《易·说卦》：离为蚌。） 2. "Strategies of the Warring States": When the mussel opens to bask in the sun, the sandpiper pecks at its flesh; the mussel closes its shell against the beak. （《战国策·燕策》：蚌方出曝，而鹬啄其肉，蚌合而其喙。） 3. "The Literary Selections": The giant clam holds a spider. （《文选·左思·南都赋》：巨蜯函蛛。） 4. "The Han Feizi": People eat rotten clams, the sweet and stinky smell is overwhelming. （《韩非子·五蠹》：民食果菰蜯蛤腥臊恶臭。） 例 For example: 蚌蛤 (mussels and clams; the long one is called 蚌, the round one is called 蛤); 蚌壳 (the shell of a mussel). （又如:蚌蛤(蚌与蛤。长者曰蚌，圆者曰蛤);蚌壳(蚌的外壳)） --- 蚌 bàng 名 1. Short for Bengbu. （蚌埠的简称。） 2. Another term for bàng. （另见 bàng。） --- 1. 地名，在中国安徽省。 （〔～埠（bù）〕地名，在中国安徽省。） --- 名 Bengbu's abbreviation. （蚌埠的简称。） Another term for bàng. （另见 bàng。）