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露螺

露螺

Chinese

 
to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
****; snail
simp. and trad.
(露螺)
alt. forms 路螺

Noun

露螺

  1. (Xiamen and Taiwan Min Nan, Zhao'an Hakka) 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
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

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English Rolex, possibly via Japanese ロレックス (rorekkusu).

Noun

露螺

  1. (Taiwan Min Nan, slang) Rolex
    大人甘那面底皮,七仔路螺 [Min Nan, trad.]
    大人甘那面底皮,七仔路螺 [Min Nan, simp.]
    From: 陳雷, 臺灣話
    Tōa-lâng chí kan-na kò͘-tio̍h bīn-té-phôe, pí chhit-á pí chhia pí chhù pí lō͘-lê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The grown-ups only care about their face [reputation]; they just compare their girlfriends, cars, houses and Rolexes.