"Clam" has two pronunciations:
1, bàng, mollusk. Breathing through the gills, there are two hard calcareous shells. Live in fresh water. Meat is edible, and the shell can be used as an ornament or medicine. Some mussels can produce pearls in their shells.
2, bèng, [Bengbu] city name. Located in the north of Anhui Province, on the south bank of Huaihe River, at the intersection of beijing-shanghai railway and Huainan railways. It is one of the industrial centers in northern Anhui.