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蜗

wō

Character Traditional 蝸

What 蜗 means

1. snail
2. Taiwan pr. guā
3. see {蜗牛|wō niú}

Example sentences

• 蜗牛壳是螺旋形的.
  Wōniúké shì luóxuánxíng de.
  A snail's shell is spiral in form.
• 蜗牛缩进壳里去了。
  The snail retreated into its shell.
• 我们宁愿明天吃蜗牛。
  Wǒmen nìngyuàn míngtiān chī wōniú.
  We would rather eat snails tomorrow.
• 蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
  Wōniú bǎ chùjiǎo suō le huíqu.
  The snail drew in its feelers.
• 蜗牛在吃我们的生菜。
  The snails are eating our lettuce.
• 我们㝉愿明天吃蜗牛。
  We would rather eat snails tomorrow.

Words starting with 蜗

• 蜗牛wō niúsnail; Taiwan pr. guā niú
• 蜗居wō jūhumble abode; to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
• 蜗旋wō xuánto spiral
• 蜗杆wō gǎnworm (mechanical engineering)
• 蜗窗wō chuāng(anatomy) round window (one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear)
• 蜗行wō xíngto advance at a snail's pace
• 蜗杆副wō gǎn fùworm-gear pair; worm drive; worm and worm gear
• 蜗行牛步wō xíng niú bùlit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)…
• 蜗蜒wō yánsnail
• 蜗庐wō lúhumble abode

Words containing 蜗

• 耳蜗ěr wō(anatomy) cochlea
• 人工耳蜗rén gōng ěr wōcochlear implant
• 无壳蜗牛wú ké wō niúfig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
• 蚁斗蜗争yǐ dòu wō zhēnglit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
• 非洲大蜗牛Fēi zhōu dà wō niúgiant African snail (Lissachatina fulica)

Characters built on 呙

These share the phonetic component 呙 (wāi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 窝wōnest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋

Characters that look like 蜗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 湖húlake
• 鹅égoose
• 粥zhōucongee; gruel; porridge
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 弼bìto assist
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band

Sounds the same

Read wō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窝nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 倭dwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
• 喔(onomatopoeia) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated); Taiwan pr. wò
• 涡eddy; whirlpool
• 挝used 老挝
• 莴used in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 薶to make dirty; to soil
• 踒to slip and sprain a limb