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Clams, Mumbai seafood 02
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Pratishkhedekar
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Wikimedia Commons
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Clams
By
Marlith
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

蛤蜊

gélí
noun #16,096

Meanings

  1. 1 clam

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

Small hard-shelled shellfish bought live and cooked in the shell until they open, often stir-fried with chili, garlic or black beans, or added to soup. Soak them in salted water first so they spit out their sand.

Contains shellfish

Also called  蛤

Examples

HSK 4
蛤蜊汤味道很鲜。
Gélí tāng wèidao hěn xiān.
Clam soup tastes very savory.
HSK 6
我们点了一盘炒蛤蜊。
Wǒmen diǎn le yì pán chǎo gélí.
We ordered a plate of stir-fried clams.

Tips

mistakes
蛤 is pronounced gé here, not há. However, in some dialects and in 蛤蟆 (háma, toad), it is pronounced há.

Stroke Order

蛤 gé
蜊 lí