English
- snail
- snail
- Taiwan pr. [gua1]
- see 蝸牛|蜗牛[wo1 niu2]
Variants
Words containing 蝸
- 蝸牛wo1 ngau4
snail
- 耳蝸ji5 wo1
(anatomy) cochlea
- 蝸居wo1 geoi1
humble abode
- 蝸窗wo1 coeng1
(anatomy) round window (one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear)
- 蝸旋wo1 syun4
to spiral
- 蝸桿wo1 gon1
worm (mechanical engineering)
- 蝸蜒wo1 jin4
snail
- 蝸行wo1 hang4
to advance at a snail's pace
- 蝸廬wo1 lou4
humble abode
- 冇殼蝸牛mou5 hok3 wo1 ngau4
non home owner
- 蝸行牛步wo1 hang4 ngau4 bou6
lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
- 蝸桿副wo1 gon2 fu3
worm-gear pair
- 無殼蝸牛mou4 hok3 wo1 ngau4
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
- 人工耳蝸jan4 gung1 ji5 wo1
cochlear implant
- 非洲大蝸牛fei1 zau1 daai6 wo1 ngau4
giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica)
- 蟻鬥蝸爭ngai5 dau3 wo1 zaang1
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling