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牡蛎 meaning in English

mǔlì

oyster

Traditional 牡蠣18 strokes

Meaning of 牡蛎

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mǔlì
  1. oyster

牡蛎 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ后hòu悔huǐ吃chī了le那nà些xiē牡mǔ蛎lì。
I regret eating those oysters.
你nǐ喜xǐ不bù喜xǐ欢huān牡mǔ蛎lì？
Do you like oysters?
你nǐ能néng生shēng吃chī牡mǔ蛎lì吗ma？
Can you eat raw oysters?
现xiàn在zài牡mǔ蛎lì当dāng季jì吗ma？
Are oysters in season now?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

牡 mǔ · male animal · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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  6. 6
  7. 7

蛎 lì · oyster · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 牡蛎.

牡丹mǔdantree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

Questions about 牡蛎

What does 牡蛎 mean?

牡蛎 (mǔlì) means "oyster".

How do you write 牡蛎?

牡蛎 is made of 2 characters: 牡 (7 strokes), 蛎 (11 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 牡蛎 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 牡蛎 is written 牡蠣.