# 蚶仔
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ham-á
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ham-á
*** Tâi-lô: ham-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ham'ar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ham⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

### Noun

蚶仔
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) clam
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, euphemistic) vulva; female genitalia

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛤蜊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛤蜊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛤蜊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 啦啦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蜆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蛤蜊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 啦啦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蜆仔, 順𧋓仔, 缸口仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蜆仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蜆仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蜆仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蜆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蜆仔, 蜆 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蚶, 沙蜊, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蚶, 蜊仔, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蚶仔, 蜊仔, 蟯仔, 粉蟯 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蜊蜊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蚶, 蜊蜊, 沙蜊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 花蛤 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蛤蜊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 麻蚶子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿蜊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蛤蜊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛤皮, 圓蛤 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蚶兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湖殼子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 牝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 屄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妹妹, 鮑魚, 鮑鮑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 屄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 屄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屄, 水門 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 屄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 屄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屄, 胯胯 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 屄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 𫱋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 屄, 閪, 𫱋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 屄, 尿門 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 屄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 屄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閪, 西 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 閪, gap, gap gap, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 屄, 閪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 閪, 屄 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 閪, 膣屄 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 膣屄 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 屄 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 閪兒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 閪 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 閪 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屄 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 屄 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 屄 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 屄, 閪 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 膣屄, 膣 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 閪屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 膣, 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屄 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 膣 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 膣 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 膣 |
| Hakka | Changting | 膣 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 膣嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 膣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 膣 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屄, 屄坨, 膣 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 屄, 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屄 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 膣, 屄 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 屄子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 屄 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 屄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 螺杯 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 膣屄, 蚶杯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 膣屄, 閪 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 閪 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 閪 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 膣屄 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 膣屄 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 屄 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 屄 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 屄 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 屄界 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 㞠屄 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 屄 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 姕髀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 姕髀, 姕 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 屄屄囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 姕髀 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老姕 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 屄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 屌 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 膣屄, 膣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 膣屄, 屄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 膣屄, 參屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 膣屄, 蛤婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 膣屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 膣屄, 蟯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 膣屄, 蟯杯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 膣屄, 田杯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 膣屄, 蟯仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 膣屄, 蚶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 膣屄, puki |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 閪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 膣, 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 膣, 膣屄 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 膣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 膣 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 膣 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 膣屄 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 閪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 屄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 屄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 屄, 屄屄 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 屄, 凹屄 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 屄, 老屄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屄, 麻屄, 屄屄 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麻屄 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 屄 |
| Note | † - of a girl | † - of a girl |

### References

* “Entry #7821”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.