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Usage of the character 蟆

[蟆]
  • toad
[蟇]
  • old variant of 蟆 (má)
háma
蛤蟆
[蛤蟆]
  • frog; toad
háma
虾蟆
[蝦蟆]
  • variant of 蛤蟆 (háma)
làiháma
癞蛤蟆
[癩蛤蟆]
  • toad
hámajìng
蛤蟆镜
[蛤蟆鏡]
  • aviator sunglasses
hàshimá
哈士蟆
[哈士蟆]
  • Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu)
  • Taiwan pr. (hāshìmá)
hámahāng
蛤蟆夯
[蛤蟆夯]
  • power-driven rammer or tamper
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