粵

蝸wo1牛ngau4

simp蜗牛
wo1 ngau4wō niú

English

  1. snail
  2. slowcoach (Cantonese slang)
  3. Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]
  4. snail

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 腹足綱動物中生活喺地面有殼品種嘅統稱(同牛冇關),瞓覺嘅時候會縮入去,行得好慢;同螺、蛞蝓係近親(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 蜗牛缩进壳里去了。

    The snail retreated into its shell.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 蜗牛壳是螺旋形的.

    A snail's shell is spiral in form.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 蜗牛把触角缩了回去。

    The snail drew in its feelers.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 我们宁愿明天吃蜗牛。

    We would rather eat snails tomorrow.

    Tatoeba · awesome_kimbos_123 CC BY

  • 蝸牛在吃我們的生菜。

    The snails are eating our lettuce.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

  • 蜗牛一直在吃我们的莴苣。

    Snails have been eating our lettuces.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 法國蝸牛

    escargot

  • 落雨天就有好多蝸牛。

    There are many snails on rainy days.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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