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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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蝸
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蝸
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牛
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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見 (28)
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見 (28)
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疑 (31)
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Final (韻)
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佳 (32)
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麻 (99)
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尤 (136)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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Open
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Division (等)
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II
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II
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III
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Fanqie
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古娃切
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古華切
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語求切
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Baxter
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kwea
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kwae
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ngjuw
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/kˠuɛ/
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/kˠua/
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/ŋɨu/
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Pan Wuyun
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/kʷᵚæ/
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/kʷᵚa/
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/ŋiu/
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Shao Rongfen
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/kuæi/
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/kua/
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/ŋiəu/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/kwaɨj/
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/kwaɨ/
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/ŋuw/
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Li Rong
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/kuɛ/
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/kua/
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/ŋiu/
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Wang Li
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/kwai/
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/kwa/
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/ŋĭəu/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/kwai/
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/kwa/
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/ŋi̯ə̯u/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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guā
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guā
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yóu
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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gwaai1
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gwaa1
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ngau4
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Noun
蝸牛
- land snail
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
蝸牛 (“land snail”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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蝸蜒
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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蝸牛
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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水牛兒, 牛兒
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Taiwan
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蝸牛
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Langfang
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蝸牛
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Chifeng
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蝸牛
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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蛤蜊牛
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Harbin
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蝸牛, 水摸牛兒
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Shenyang
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蝸牛, 水牛兒
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Singapore
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蝸牛
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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蝸牛
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Tangshan
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蝸牛, 牛磨磨兒
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Cangzhou
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蝸牛
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Baoding
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牛兒
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Shijiazhuang
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蝸牛兒, 劉劉出門兒
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Jinan
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蛤拉蚰, 蛤拉蚰子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Qingdao
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蝸牛
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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蝸子
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Daming
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蝸牛兒
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Wanrong
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蝸牛
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Zhengzhou
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阿子
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Xi'an
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蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸牛兒
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Xining
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拔牛兒
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Xuzhou
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蝸牛, 烏斗牛兒, 烏斗牛
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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蝸牛
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Lanzhou
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蝸蝸牛, 蝸牛
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Ürümqi
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蝸蝸牛兒, 蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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牛牛兒, 牛牛, 蝸牛
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Chongqing
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山螺螄, 牛牛兒
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Wuhan
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蝸牛, 天螺螄
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Guiyang
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蝸牛
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Kunming
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蝸牛
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Guilin
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蝸牛
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Liuzhou
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蝸牛
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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蝸牛
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Yangzhou
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蝸牛
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Nantong
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蝸牛
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Hefei
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旱螺螄, 蝸牛
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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蝸牛, 田螺摩, 田螺蟲
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Hong Kong
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蝸牛
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Taishan
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緣牛, 蝸牛
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Dongguan
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蝸牛
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Yangjiang
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蝸牛
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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鼻涕蟲
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Hepu (Shatian)
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屎坑螺
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Beihai
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蝸牛
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Beihai (Nankang)
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蝸牛
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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山螺
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Gan
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Nanchang
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蝸牛
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Lichuan
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蝸牛
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Pingxiang
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天螺頭
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Hakka
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Meixian
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螔螺哥, 螔螺仔
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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螔螺哩
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Yudu
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蝸牛
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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螔螺仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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螔螺仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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蝓螺
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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蝓螺
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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蝓螺
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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露螺
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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蜒蚰
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Shexian
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螺螄
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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蝸牛
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Xinzhou
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蝸牛, 海螺子
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Linhe
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蝸牛
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Jining
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蝸牛
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Hohhot
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蝸牛
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Zhangjiakou
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蝸牛, 水牛
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Handan
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蝸牛, 巴牛, 牤牛
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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鉗螺
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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牛母牛囝
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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露螺
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Zhangzhou
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鼻痕螺, 鼻痕
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Zhao'an
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𧌄花螺
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Dongshan
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紅螺螺
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Taipei
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露螺
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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露螺
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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露螺
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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露螺
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Kaohsiung
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露螺
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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露螺
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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露螺
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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露螺
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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露螺
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Yilan
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露螺
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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露螺
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Changhua (Lukang)
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露螺
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Taichung
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露螺
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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露螺
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Tainan
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露螺
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Tainan (Anping)
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露螺
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Taitung
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露螺
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Hsinchu
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露螺
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Kinmen
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露螺
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Penghu (Magong)
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露螺
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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露螺
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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露螺
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Chaozhou
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庵螺
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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庵螺蟲
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Jieyang
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庵螺
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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蝸牛
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Leizhou
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麻露螺
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Wenchang
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過路螺
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Haikou
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毛露螺
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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蝸牛
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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咚咚螺, 狗囝螺螺
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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螺螄蟲
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Wu
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Shanghai
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蝸牛
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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蝸牛
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Suzhou
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蝸牛, 背包蜒蚰
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Hangzhou
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蝸牛
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Ningbo
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蜒蚰螺, 蜒螺
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Wenzhou
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蜒蚰螺
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Jinhua
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蚰蚰螺
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Xiang
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Changsha
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蝸牛, 天螺陀
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Loudi
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山螺頭
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Shuangfeng
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蝸牛, 山田螺
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Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese compound 蝸牛 / 蜗牛 (kwæ ngjuw, literally “snail + cow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
蝸牛 • (kagyū) ←くわぎう (kwagiu)?
- a snail
- (anatomy) cochlea
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alteration of katatsuburi, in turn a compound of 堅 (kata, stem of adjective 固い (katai, “hard”)) + つぶり (tsuburi, “small round thing”, cognate with 頭 (tsuburi, “head”), 粒 (tsubu, “grain or kernel of rice”)).[2][1]
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
Noun
蝸牛 or 蝸牛 • (katatsumuri)
- a snail
1999 March 18, “デビルツムリ [Devilsnail]”, in Starter Box, Konami:
- 闇の力で進化したカタツムリ。手や足があり、速く動ける。
- Yami no chikara de shinka shita katatsumuri. Te ya ashi ga ari, hayaku ugokeru.
- A snail that evolved with the help of dark power. It can move quickly now that it has limbs.
2000 April 20, “メカニカルスネイル [Mechanical Snail]”, in Magic Ruler -魔法の支配者-, Konami:
- 機械に改造されたカタツムリ。しかし、スピードはあまり変わらない。
- Kikai ni kaizō sareta katatsumuri. Shikashi, supīdo wa amari kawaranai.
- A snail that was mechanically enhanced, which didn’t make it any quicker.
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カタツムリ.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Alteration of ででむし (dedemushi, “snail”), itself a compound of でで (dede, from 出 (de, “come out”), from an old children's nursery rhyme calling for a snail to put out its eyestalks) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”).[2][1]
Pronunciation
Noun
蝸牛 • (dendenmushi)
- a snail
Compounds
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
蝸牛 • (wau) (hangeul 와우)
- hanja form? of 와우 (“snail”)