Usage of the character 蛤
gé
蛤
[蛤]
- clam
há
蛤
[蛤]
- frog
- toad
géjiè
蛤蚧
[蛤蚧]
- tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), used in TCM
géxiè
蛤蟹
[蛤蟹]
- clams and crabs
- tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
niǎogé
鸟蛤
[鳥蛤]
- cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)
wéngé
文蛤
[文蛤]
- clam
- bivalve mollusk, many spp.
gélí
蛤蜊
[蛤蜊]
- clam
gébàng
蛤蚌
[蛤蚌]
- clam
gélì
蛤蛎
[蛤蠣]
- clam
- same as 蛤蜊 (gélí)
háma
蛤蟆
[蛤蟆]
- frog; toad
huāgé
花蛤
[花蛤]
- clam
- bivalve mollusk, many spp.
niǎowěigé
鸟尾蛤
[鳥尾蛤]
- cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)
hámahāng
蛤蟆夯
[蛤蟆夯]
- power-driven rammer or tamper
làiháma
癞蛤蟆
[癩蛤蟆]
- toad
nüshéngé
女神蛤
[女神蛤]
- geoduck (Panopea abrupta)
- elephant trunk clam
- same as 象拔蚌 (xiàngbábàng)
dàwéngé
大文蛤
[大文蛤]
- giant clam
- geoduck (Panopea abrupta)
- elephant trunk clam
- same as 象拔蚌 (xiàngbábàng)
hámajìng
蛤蟆镜
[蛤蟆鏡]
- aviator sunglasses
jùhǎishàngé
巨海扇蛤
[巨海扇蛤]
- great scallop (Pecten maxiumus)
- king scallop
làihámaxiǎngchītiān'éròu
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
[癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉]
- lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
- fig. to try to punch above one's weight