田螺

Chinese

		field; farm	aquatic snail
simp. and trad. (田螺)		田	螺
alternative forms		塍螺 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiánluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ lo^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thièn-lò
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhân-lê / chhân-lêr / chhân-lôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang⁵ lo⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶di-lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiánluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiánluó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-lo²
    • Yale: tyán-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanluo
    • Palladius: тяньло (tjanʹlo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin⁴ lo^4-2
    • Yale: tìhn ló
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ lo^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ lo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ lɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thièn-lò
    • Hakka Romanization System: tienˇ loˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian² lo²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en¹¹ lo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-lê
    • Tâi-lô: tshân-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhanlee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ le²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻³³ le²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Yongchun, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-lêr
    • Tâi-lô: tshân-lêr
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹² lə²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²¹ lə²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Yongchun, Lukang): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² lə²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-lôe
    • Tâi-lô: tshân-luê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhanloee
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²¹ lue²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ lue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ lue²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cang⁵ lo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâng lô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-lu
    • MiniDict: di^去 lu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² lu⁴⁴/

Noun

田螺

1. river snail (a generic term referring to freshwater snails)

Synonyms

• 螺螄／螺蛳 (luósī)
• (Xiang) 螺陀, 田螺陀

Derived terms

• 田螺摩
• 田螺蟲／田螺虫
• 田螺車／田螺车 (tiánluóchē)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
田	螺
た Grade: 1	にし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
タニシ

Noun

田(た)螺(にし) • (tanishi) 

1. river snail

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 タニシ.