MUSSEL  蚌蚌

AQUATIC ANIMAL LIVING INSIDE A SHELL. []
Hypernym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Bàng 蚌 refers to the pearl-oyster. The word can be also used as a general term for mussels.

2. Gé 蛤 to the clam of a round shape.

3. Shèn 蜃 refers to a large clam.

4. Pí 蜱 is one kind of clam.

5. Hān 蚶 is a kind of clam living in a log on the bottom of shallow seas.

Modern Chinese Criteria
殼菜

貽貝

蚌

河蚌

蛤蜊

文蛤

蛤

蜊

蜃

貽貝

殼菜

淡菜

THIS IS STILL A TERRIBLE MESS.

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Words

    蚌  bàng OC: brooŋʔ MC: bɣɔŋ 3 Attributions

    Bàng 蚌 refers to the pearl-oyster. The word can be also used as a general term for mussels.

      Syntactic words
    • nmussel
    蜃  shèn OC: ɡljɯnʔ MC: dʑin 2 Attributions

    Shèn 蜃 refers to a large clam.

      Syntactic words
    • nclam
    蛤  gé OC: kloob MC: kəp 1 Attribution

    Gé 蛤 to the clam of a round shape.

      Syntactic words
    • nmussel; clam, oyster
    蜃蛤  shèn gé OC: ɡljɯnʔ kloob MC: dʑin kəp 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPclam, mussel
    蚶  hān OC: qhaam MC: hɑm 0 Attributions

    Hān 蚶 is a kind of clam living in a log on the bottom of shallow seas.

      Syntactic words
    蜱  pí OC: be MC: biɛ 0 Attributions

    Pí 蜱 is one kind of clam.

      Syntactic words
    • noyster (YILI)

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: