蜊仔
Chinese
| clam | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蜊仔) |
蜊 | 仔 | |
| alternative forms | 蟟仔 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâ-á / lâi-á / lâi--á / liô-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ-á
- Tâi-lô: lâ-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: la'ar
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /la¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /la²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- IPA (Lukang): /la²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
- IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /la²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-á
- Tâi-lô: lâi-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: lai'ar
- IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi--á
- Tâi-lô: lâi--á
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liô-á
- Tâi-lô: liô-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: lioi'ar
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lio¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
Noun
蜊仔
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蛤蜊 (“clam”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛤蜊 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛤蜊 |
| Taiwan | 蛤蜊 | |
| Malaysia | 啦啦 | |
| Singapore | 啦啦 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛤拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 海蚌兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蚌殼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蛤蜊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蜆 |
| Hong Kong | 蜆 | |
| Dongguan | 蛤蜊 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 啦啦 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蜆仔, 順𧋓仔, 缸口仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蜆仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蜆仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蜆仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蜆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蜆仔, 蜆 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蜆子 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 海鉢鉢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蛤蜊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蛤蜊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蚶, 蜊仔, 沙蜊, 蟯 |
| Quanzhou | 蚶, 沙蜊, 蟯 | |
| Jinjiang | 沙蜊, 蟯 | |
| Zhangzhou | 蚶, 蜊仔, 蟯 | |
| Tainan | 蚶仔, 蜊仔, 蟯仔, 粉蟯 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 蜊蜊 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 蚶, 蜊蜊, 沙蜊 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 蚶 | |
| Puning | 花蛤 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蛤蜊 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 麻蚶子 | |
| Suzhou | 阿蜊 | |
| Hangzhou | 蛤蜊 | |
| Ningbo | 蛤皮, 圓蛤 | |
| Wenzhou | 蚶兒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湖殼子 |
References
- “蜊仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.