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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛤蜊
	Taiwan	蛤蜊
	Malaysia	啦啦
	Singapore	啦啦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蛤拉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	海蚌兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蚌殼子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蛤蜊
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