縊蟶

Chinese

		hang; strangle oneself	mussel; razor clam; Solecurtus constricta
trad. (縊蟶)		縊	蟶
simp. (缢蛏)		缢	蛏
alternative forms		螠蟶／螠蛏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìchēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄔㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìchēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìcheng
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chʻêng¹
    • Yale: yì-chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihcheng
    • Palladius: ичэн (ičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

縊蟶

1. Chinese razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟶子 (“razor clam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟶子, 縊蟶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蟶子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蟶子, 蟶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蟶子, 人蟶
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蟶子
	Dongguan	蟶子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟶仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟶
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟶仔, 蟶
	Quanzhou	蟶仔
	Zhangzhou	蟶仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蟶
	Haifeng	蟶仔
Central Min	Yong'an	蟶
Wu	Shanghai	蟶子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	蟶子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蟶
	Ningbo	蟶子
	Wenzhou	蟶子