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蝸牛

蝸牛

See also: 蜗牛

Chinese

ox; cow; bull
trad. (蝸牛) 蝸 牛
simp. (蜗牛) 蜗 牛

Noun

蝸牛

  1. snail

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“snail”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蝸牛
Mandarin Beijing 水牛兒
Taiwan 蝸牛
Jinan 蛤拉蚰、蛤拉蚰子
Xi'an 蝸蝸牛、蝸蝸牛兒
Wuhan 蝸牛、天螺螄
Chengdu 蝸牛、牛牛、牛牛兒
Yangzhou 蝸牛
Hefei 旱螺螄
Cantonese Guangzhou 蝸牛
Hong Kong 蝸牛
Taishan 緣牛、蝸牛
Yangjiang 蝸牛
Gan Nanchang 蝸牛
Hakka Meixian 螔螺哥
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 螔螺仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 螔螺仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 蝓螺
Dongshi (Dabu) 蝓螺
Zhuolan (Raoping) 蝓螺
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 露螺
Jin Taiyuan 蝸牛
Min Bei Jian'ou 鉗螺
Min Dong Fuzhou 牛母牛囝
Min Nan Quanzhou 蝸牛
Xiamen 露螺、蝸牛
Zhangzhou 鼻痕螺、鼻痕螺、蝸牛
Taipei 露螺
Kaohsiung 露螺
Tainan 露螺
Taichung 露螺
Yilan 露螺
Lukang 露螺
Sanxia 露螺
Kinmen 露螺
Magong 露螺
Hsinchu 露螺
Malaysia 螺
Wu Suzhou 蝸牛、背包蜒蚰
Wenzhou 蜒蚰螺
Xiang Changsha 蝸牛、天螺陀
Shuangfeng 蝸牛、山田螺

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝸 牛
か
Hyōgaiji 		ぎゅう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 蝸牛 ‎(kwæ ngjuw, literally “snail + cow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蝸牛 ‎(hiragana かぎゅう, romaji kagyū, historical hiragana くわぎう)

  1. a snail
  2. (anatomy) cochlea
Derived terms
  • 蝸牛角上 (かぎゅうかくじょう)の争 (あらそ)い ‎(kagyūkakujō no arasoi)
  • 蝸牛管 (かぎゅうかん) ‎(kagyūkan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝸 牛
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
Irregular

Alteration of katatsuburi.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) かたつ​むり [kàtátsúꜜmùrì] (Nakadaka - [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠t͡sɯᵝmɯᵝɾi]

Noun

蝸牛 ‎(hiragana かたつむり, katakana カタツムリ, romaji katatsumuri)

  1. a snail
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as カタツムリ.

Synonyms
  • (snail): 舞舞 (まいまい) ‎(maimai), 舞舞螺 (まいまいつぶり) ‎(maimaitsuburi)
Derived terms
  • 食用蝸牛 (しょくようかたつむり) ‎(shokuyōkatatsumuri)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蝸 牛
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
Irregular

Alteration of ででむし ‎(dedemushi, “snail”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) でんで​んむし [dèńdéꜜǹmùshì] (Nakadaka - [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [dẽ̞ndẽ̞mmɯᵝɕi]

Noun

蝸牛 ‎(hiragana でんでんむし, romaji dendenmushi)

  1. a snail

Compounds

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
蝸 牛

Noun

蝸牛 • ‎(wau) ‎(hangeul 와우)

  1. Hanja form? of 와우, “snail”.

Pronunciation

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