蝸牛
See also: 蜗牛
Chinese
[edit]| land snail | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蝸牛) | 蝸 | 牛 | |
| simp. (蜗牛) | 蜗 | 牛 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o1 nyou2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wo1 ngau4
- Gan (Wiktionary): uo1 nyiu4
- Jin (Wiktionary): ve1 niou1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ku-gnieu
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): o1 nyiou2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wonióu
- Wade–Giles: wo1-niu2
- Yale: wō-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uoniou
- Palladius: воню (vonju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wonióur
- Wade–Giles: wo1-niu2-ʼrh
- Yale: wō-nyóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uonioul
- Palladius: вонюр (vonjur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵⁵ ni̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guanióu
- Wade–Giles: kua1-niu2
- Yale: gwā-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaniou
- Palladius: гуаню (guanju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: o1 nyou2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: onou
- Sinological IPA (key): /o⁵⁵ nʲəu²¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wo1 ngau4
- Yale: wō ngàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wo1 ngau4
- Guangdong Romanization: wo1 ngeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔː⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: uo1 nyiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /uo⁴² n̠ʲiu³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ve1 niou1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /vɤ¹¹ niəu¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o-gû
- Tâi-lô: o-gû
- Phofsit Daibuun: oi'guu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ ɡu²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /o⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o-ngiû
- Tâi-lô: o-ngiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: oingiuu
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴⁻²² ŋiũ¹³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: o1 ghu5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: o gû
- Sinological IPA (key): /o³³⁻²³ ɡu⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: o1 nyiou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /o³³ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: kwea|kwae ngjuw
Noun
[edit]蝸牛
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map]
Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蝸 | 牛 |
| か Hyōgai |
ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 蝸牛／蜗牛 (kwæ ngjuw, literally “snail + cow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蝸 | 牛 |
| Hyōgai | Grade: 2 |
| irregular | |
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
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- 闇の力で進化したカタツムリ。手や足があり、速く動ける。
- 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.
- 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。
Usage notes
[edit]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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 食用蝸牛 (shokuyōkatatsumuri)
Etymology 3
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蝸 | 牛 |
| Hyōgai | Grade: 2 |
| irregular | |
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
[edit]Noun
[edit]蝸牛 • (dendenmushi)
- a snail
Compounds
[edit]Compounds with irregular readings
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
[edit]| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蝸 | 牛 |
Noun
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