蝸牛

See also: 蜗牛

Chinese

		land snail	ox; cow; bull
trad. (蝸牛)		蝸	牛
simp. (蜗牛)		蜗	牛

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蝸牛

1. land snail

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝸蜒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝸牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	水牛兒, 牛兒
	Taiwan	蝸牛
	Langfang	蝸牛
	Chifeng	蝸牛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛤蜊牛
	Harbin	蝸牛, 水摸牛兒
	Shenyang	蝸牛, 水牛兒
	Singapore	蝸牛
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蝸牛
	Tangshan	蝸牛, 牛磨磨兒
	Cangzhou	蝸牛
	Baoding	牛兒
	Shijiazhuang	蝸牛兒, 劉劉出門兒
	Jinan	蛤拉蚰, 蛤拉蚰子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	蝸牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蝸子
	Daming	蝸牛兒
	Wanrong	蝸牛
	Zhengzhou	阿子
	Xi'an	蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸牛兒
	Xining	拔牛兒
	Xuzhou	蝸牛, 烏斗牛兒, 烏斗牛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蝸牛
	Lanzhou	蝸蝸牛, 蝸牛
	Ürümqi	蝸蝸牛兒, 蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牛牛兒, 牛牛, 蝸牛
	Chongqing	山螺螄, 牛牛兒
	Wuhan	蝸牛, 天螺螄
	Guiyang	蝸牛
	Kunming	蝸牛
	Guilin	蝸牛
	Liuzhou	蝸牛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蝸牛
	Yangzhou	蝸牛
	Nantong	蝸牛
	Hefei	旱螺螄, 蝸牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝸牛, 田螺摩, 田螺蟲
	Hong Kong	蝸牛
	Taishan	緣牛, 蝸牛
	Dongguan	蝸牛
	Yangjiang	蝸牛
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鼻涕蟲
	Hepu (Shatian)	屎坑螺
	Beihai	蝸牛
	Beihai (Nankang)	蝸牛
	Beihai (Yingpan)	山螺
Gan	Nanchang	蝸牛
	Lichuan	蝸牛
	Pingxiang	天螺頭
Hakka	Meixian	螔螺哥
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	螔螺哩
	Yudu	蝸牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	螔螺仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	螔螺仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝓螺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝓螺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝓螺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	露螺
Huizhou	Jixi	蜒蚰
	Shexian	螺螄
Jin	Taiyuan	蝸牛
	Xinzhou	蝸牛, 海螺子
	Linhe	蝸牛
	Jining	蝸牛
	Hohhot	蝸牛
	Zhangjiakou	蝸牛, 水牛
	Handan	蝸牛, 巴牛, 牤牛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉗螺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛母牛囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	露螺
	Zhangzhou	鼻痕螺, 鼻痕
	Zhao'an	𧌄花螺
	Dongshan	紅螺螺
	Taipei	露螺
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	露螺
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	露螺
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	露螺
	Kaohsiung	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	露螺
	Yilan	露螺
	Yilan (Toucheng)	露螺
	Changhua (Lukang)	露螺
	Taichung	露螺
	Taichung (Wuqi)	露螺
	Tainan	露螺
	Tainan (Anping)	露螺
	Taitung	露螺
	Hsinchu	露螺
	Kinmen	露螺
	Penghu (Magong)	露螺
	Penghu (Xiyu)	露螺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	露螺
	Chaozhou	庵螺
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	庵螺蟲
	Jieyang	庵螺
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蝸牛
	Leizhou	麻露螺
	Wenchang	過路螺
	Haikou	毛露螺
Puxian Min	Putian	蝸牛
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	咚咚螺, 狗囝螺螺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螺螄蟲
Wu	Shanghai	蝸牛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蝸牛
	Suzhou	蝸牛, 背包蜒蚰
	Hangzhou	蝸牛
	Ningbo	蜒蚰螺, 蜒螺
	Wenzhou	蜒蚰螺
	Jinhua	蚰蚰螺
Xiang	Changsha	蝸牛, 天螺陀
	Loudi	山螺頭
	Shuangfeng	蝸牛, 山田螺

Derived terms

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

蝸(か)牛(ぎゅう) • (kagyū) ^{←くわぎう (kwagiu)?}

1. a snail
2. (anatomy) cochlea

Derived terms

• 蝸(か)牛(ぎゅう)角(かく)上(じょう)の争(あらそ)い (kagyūkakujō no arasoi)
• 蝸(か)牛(ぎゅう)管(かん) (kagyūkan)

Etymology 2

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”)).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

蝸牛(かたつむり) or 蝸牛(カタツムリ) • (katatsumuri) 

1. a snail
   • 1999 March 18, “デビルツムリ [Devilsnail]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:

     闇(やみ)の力(ちから)で進(しん)化(か)したカタツムリ。手(て)や足(あし)があり、速(はや)く動(うご)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.

   • 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(き)械(かい)に改(かい)造(ぞう)されたカタツムリ。しかし、スピードはあまり変(か)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.

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 カタツムリ.

Synonyms

• (snail): 舞(まい)舞(まい) (maimai), 舞(まい)舞(まい)螺(つぶり) (maimaitsuburi)

Derived terms

• 食(しょく)用(よう)蝸(かた)牛(つむり) (shokuyōkatatsumuri)

Etymology 3

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”).

Noun

蝸牛(でんでんむし) • (dendenmushi) 

1. a snail

Compounds

Compounds with irregular readings

• 薄皮蝸牛(うすかわまいまい) (usukawamaimai)
• 左(ひだり)巻蝸牛(まきまいまい) (hidarimakimaimai)
• 一条蝸牛(ひとすじまいまい) (hitosujimaimai)
• 蝸牛(まいまい)被(かぶり) (maimaikaburi)
• 三条(みすじ)蝸牛(まいまい) (misujimaimai)

 

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Korean

Hanja in this term
蝸	牛

Noun

蝸牛 • (wau) (hangeul 와우)

1. hanja form^? of 와우 (“snail”)