無殼蝸牛

Chinese

		not have	shell	land snail
trad. (無殼蝸牛)		無	殼	蝸牛
simp. (无壳蜗牛)		无	壳	蜗牛
Literally: “snail without a shell”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúké-wōniú, wúké-guāniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˊ ㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄡˊ, ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ hok³ wo¹ ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúké-wōniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˊ ㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúkéwonióu
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-kʻo²-wo¹-niu²
    • Yale: wú-ké-wō-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wukeruoniou
    • Palladius: укэвоню (ukɛvonju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúké-guāniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúkéguanióu
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-kʻo²-kua¹-niu²
    • Yale: wú-ké-gwā-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wukerguaniou
    • Palladius: укэгуаню (ukɛguanju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ hok³ wo¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: mòuh hok wō ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ hok⁸ wo¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ hog³ wo¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ hɔːk̚³ wɔː⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

無殼蝸牛

1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, figuratively) people who cannot afford to buy their own home