Usage of the character 蚌
Bèng
蚌
[蚌]
- abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level City 蚌埠市 ( Bèngbu Shì), Anhui
bàng
蚌
[蚌]
- mussel
- clam
bàngké
蚌壳
[蚌殼]
- clamshell
Bèngshān
蚌山
[蚌山]
- Bengshan, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市 ( Bèngbu Shì), Anhui
gébàng
蛤蚌
[蛤蚌]
- clam
Bèngbù
蚌埠
[蚌埠]
- Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui
cǎibàng
彩蚌
[彩蚌]
- painted shell
- painting on shell
hébàng
河蚌
[河蚌]
- mussels
- bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
Bèngshān Qū
蚌山区
[蚌山區]
- Bengshan, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市 ( Bèngbu Shì), Anhui
xiàngbábàng
象拔蚌
[象拔蚌]
- elephant trunk clam
- geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
Bèngbùshì
蚌埠市
[蚌埠市]
- Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui
Zhébàngsì
哲蚌寺
[哲蚌寺]
- Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
yùbàngxiāngzhēng
鹬蚌相争
[鷸蚌相爭]
- abbr. for 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利／鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 (yùbàngxiāngzhēng,yúwēngdélì)
lǎobàngshēngzhū
老蚌生珠
[老蚌生珠]
- lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom)
- fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
yùbàngxiāngzhēng,yúwēngdélì
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
[鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利]
- lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)
- fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits