蜆 [蚬]

Jyutping hin2
Pinyin xiàn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    chrysalis (pupa of butterfly)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. a variety of bivalves
  2. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    XLIBH
  3. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    LIBUU

蜆 [蚬]

Jyutping hin2
Pinyin xiǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬[zhen1 xian3]
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (noun) clam
  2. a type of bivalves/freshwater clam/Corbicula fluminea
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    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
    (small) clam
    • 工人喺沙灘水退嘅時候挖蜆。
      工人喺沙滩水退嘅时候挖蚬。
      gung1 jan4 hai2 saa1 taan1 seoi2 teoi3 ge3 si4 hau6 waat3 hin2.
      Workers dug for clams when they ebbed on the beach.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    basket clam (Corbiculidae)
    (syn.) 湖殼子, 蚶兒, 海鉢鉢, 蜊仔, 蛤蜊, 蚌殼子, 蚶仔, 蜆子, 海蚌兒, 蜆, 麻蚶子, 蜊蜊, 蜆仔, 蛤皮, 啦啦, 蚶, 沙蜊, 圓蛤, 阿蜊, 蛤拉
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 哈蜊
  2. 蚌
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    眛落水底捉蚬
    眛落水底捉蜆
    mei6 lok6 seoi2 dai2 zuk1 hin2
    • to submerge to the sea bed to catch mussels
  2. Cantonese
    今个星期日我哋去掘蚬。
    今個星期日我哋去掘蜆。
    gam1 go3 sing 1kei4 jat6 ngo5 dei6 heoi3 gwat6 hin2.
    • We are going clams digging this weekend.
  3. Cantonese
    工人喺沙滩水退嘅时候挖蚬。
    工人喺沙灘水退嘅時候挖蜆。
    gung1 jan4 hai2 saa1 taan1 seoi2 teoi3 ge3 si4 hau6 waat3 hin2.
    • Workers dug for clams when they ebbed on the beach.
  4. Cantonese
    未水捉蚬
    未水捉蜆
    mei6 seoi2 zuk1 hin2
    • to submerge in the sea to catch mussels
  5. Cantonese
    呢条项链系用蚬壳造嘅。
    呢條項鍊係用蜆殼造嘅。
    • This necklace is made from shells of clam.