introduction
Chinese characters are broad and profound, not only in terms of form, but also contain a variety of meanings and meanings, and the same character has different pronunciations in different contexts, and the Chinese characters that we often hang on our lips may have the wrong pronunciation.
For example, many people will inadvertently pronounce the word "clam" as "há lì" or "há la", and some people will pronounce it as "gě lì", but these three readings are wrong.
So how should we pronounce the word "clam"? Why do we often mispronounce the word "clam"? This requires us to understand what "clam" is.
"Clam" bivalve soft
Clams are mainly distributed in the Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula and other waters on the mainland, of course, they are also distributed in some foreign sea areas, belonging to seafood, clams belong to the bivalve class curtain clams, basically oval, and hard shell, but the meat inside is very soft.
Clams are also a general term for most clams, for example, the flower nails we often eat are one of the clams, and the origin of the name of clams comes from Li Shizhen, when Li Shizhen said: "Clams are beneficial to others." Hence the name clams.
As shellfish, clams prefer to live in shallow muddy sandy areas, they feed on algae, and can also devour some food scraps, including animal scraps.
Because the growth of algae is greatly affected by the season, the growth of algae varies from season to season and from place to place, so clams will also change their feeding with the change of algae. In winter, when the temperature is relatively low, the growth of algae is relatively slow, so there are fewer algae in the water, and at this time, the clams will also close their double shells and basically do not open their mouths to swallow, so that they can recuperate.
From April to June every year, when the weather warms up, the algae in the water multiply, and the clams begin to move, which is also the peak breeding period for clams
The growth cycle of clams is relatively not very long, and when it grows to a certain extent, it can become a delicacy on the table.
Because clams grow in the sea, they will have a little salty taste and belong to cold food, but it has the effects of nourishing yin and water, dissolving phlegm and softening firmness, so it is better to eat clams in moderation.
At the same time, the taste of clams is also relatively delicious, as a seafood, clams belong to white meat, rich in high protein, and the fat content is relatively not so high, which also contains a variety of trace elements, its own nutritional value is also relatively high.
As a delicacy on the table, we also need to pay attention when choosing, we must choose live clams, live clams double shells will open from time to time to spit sand, and before eating, we must soak the clams more in the middle of the talk, so as to spit out the sand, so that the clams will be fresh and delicious.
Of course, the practice of clams is also varied, according to the taste of people in different places, there will be different deliciousness, some places will use clams and eggs to steam together, out of the pot is a nutritious high-protein delicacy.
There are also people who like to make clam gnocchi soup, this dish is also a soup with delicious taste, of course, people with relatively heavy taste like to stir-fry, add chili peppers and other condiments in the process of stir-frying, and it is a delicious food with color and flavor.
Because the clam meat is delicious and has a certain nutritional value, it is loved by people, even if it belongs to different places, but people's love for food is the same, and it is precisely because everyone likes it that it leads to the two "clams" are often called wrong.
"Clams" that are often called the wrong one
Because China is vast, whether it is north and south or east and west, the span is very large, so there will be more or less gaps between various regions, whether in food culture or dialect environment.
For example, the difference between the north and the south about whether the zongzi is sweet or salty, and whether the tofu brain is sweet or salty, but for the dialect, it may be in the same province, but there will be great differences in different cities.
Although Mandarin is more popular now, people in various places still speak the local dialect, so there will be different names for a thing, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, and some places will call it sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, potatoes and so on.
Of course, this is only in different places, there are different names, and because of the breadth and profundity of Chinese characters, people will often admit mistakes, or cognitive biases, they will mispronounce the words.
Of course, this is also related to the origin of the pronunciation of Chinese characters, some of the pronunciation of Chinese characters is delineated according to the conventions in the natural world, and some are determined according to the sound of imitation, and there is also a part of the pronunciation through research, which is determined by the initial vowel, but there are also some words, which can be read according to the pronunciation of the radicals, so that people will have deviations when reading words.
And the word "clam", there are a lot of pronunciation deviations, some people will because of the radical, the two words will be pronounced as "há lì", which is completely, the reading of the word is half, although the two words of clam have "he" and "li", but the pronunciation is not based on the radical.
There are also people who pronounce these two characters as "gě lì", although the first character is pronounced correctly, but the second character is still half literate, and the pronunciation of these two characters as "há la" is actually because of the breadth and profundity of Chinese character culture, which may be read according to the local dialect, or it may be a polyphonic character, but the two words "clam" are not these three pronunciations.
The correct pronunciation of "clam" should be "gé lí", and the word "clam" is a polyphonic word, which can be pronounced both "gé" and "há", which is why some people pronounce "clam" as "há la", after all, it is a polyphonic word.
However, according to the different pronunciations of the word "clam" have different meanings, it can still be judged that in the two words "clam", the word "clam" should be read as "gé".
According to the interpretation of "clam", when it is pronounced "gé", it mostly refers to a clam, that is, a reptile, and there is a clam, what we call a shellfish mollusc, and when the word "clam" is pronounced as "há", it refers to a toad, which is what we call a toad and a frog, so "clam" should be read as "gé lí", and the word "蜊" has only one pronunciation, which is "lí", so the word "clam" is pronounced as "gé lí", and the rest of the pronunciation is wrong.
Of course, because there are many Chinese characters in the mainland, and the Chinese language is broad and profound, in fact, in life, we still have many words, and we will often mispronounce them, but we are unaware of them.
The mispronounced "words" in those years
Take the egg tart, a dessert that most of us like to eat, do you know what the correct pronunciation of these two words is? Can you really pronounce these two words correctly?
When we often say it, we will say that we want to eat "egg tart (tǎ)", but in fact, these two words are not pronounced like this, its correct pronunciation should be "egg tart (tà)", and the pronunciation of the word "egg" should not have any problems, the focus is on the pronunciation of the word "tart".
We all know that the dessert of "egg tart" is not a traditional Chinese dessert, of course, the egg tart in Macau, China is still quite famous, and the origin of the name "egg tart" is also based on the transliteration of the English word "tart".
Although the word "egg tart" is often pronounced as "egg tart(tǎ)", according to the interpretation of the word "tǎ", it has only one pronunciation is "(tà)", and there is no pronunciation of three tones, so the "egg tart" we usually say is actually a wrong pronunciation, and its correct pronunciation should be "egg tart(tà)", did you pronounce it correctly?
There is also amaranth, amaranth as a grass plant, where is more common in the mainland, but as everyone knows, this is an alien species, it first originated in India, in the 10th century AD, was introduced to China, and since then it has taken root in the mainland, this plant is very fresh in the spring, so it is often used as a dish on the table.
And amaranth is also recorded in the "Shu Materia Medica" and "Materia Medica", so people eat amaranth more in spring, and everyone eats amaranth, but can the name of amaranth really be read correctly?
Amaranth is often pronounced as "amaranth (jiàn) dish", which is like the clam mentioned earlier, that is, the reading of the word is halfway, and the only pronunciation of amaranth is "amaranth (xiàn) dish", and according to the pronunciation of the word, the word "amaranth" has only one pronunciation, that is, "xiàn", so the pronunciation of amaranth can only be "amaranth (jiàn) dish", and its correct pronunciation can only be read like this.
And can you pronounce these two words correctly? Can you pronounce them in the face of these two words?
These two are often pronounced as "clean (pì)", that is, this person loves cleanliness very much, but the pronunciation of these two words is not pronounced like this, the word "fetish" has only one pronunciation, and there is no pronunciation of "(pì)" (pì), only "pǐ".
Therefore, the pronunciation of the word "clean addiction" is "clean addiction (pǐ)", and there is only this one pronunciation, seeing the correct pronunciation of the word "addiction", does it make you doubt life?
Of course, there are many Chinese characters that you can't imagine, only a few of them, and you still know what words are often mispronounced?
epilogue
Although the clam is a sea creature, it carries a rich culture and history in terms of both food and literary value, and its taste and pronunciation are also unique.
Resources:
Guangming.com - December 20, 2019 "The Latest and Most Cruel Common Words Test: 90% of People Read It Wrong!
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