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蝸居
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蜗居
Contents
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Derived terms
1.3
Verb
Chinese
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land snail
reside
trad.
(
蝸居
)
蝸
居
simp.
(
蜗居
)
蜗
居
Literally:
“snail house”.
Wikipedia
has articles on:
蝸居
(Written Standard Chinese
?
)
Snail House
(English)
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
wōjū
,
guājū
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩ, ㄍㄨㄚ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
wo
1
geoi
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Mainland
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wōjū
Zhuyin
:
ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wojyu
Wade–Giles
:
wo
1
-chü
1
Yale
:
wō-jyū
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
uojiu
Palladius
:
воцзюй
(voczjuj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/wɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
(
Standard Chinese
,
Taiwan
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
guājū
Zhuyin
:
ㄍㄨㄚ ㄐㄩ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
guajyu
Wade–Giles
:
kua
1
-chü
1
Yale
:
gwā-jyū
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
guajiu
Palladius
:
гуацзюй
(guaczjuj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
wo
1
geoi
1
Yale
:
w
ō
g
ē
ui
Cantonese Pinyin
:
wo
1
goey
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
wo
1
gêu
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/wɔː
⁵⁵
kɵy̯
⁵⁵
/
Noun
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蝸居
(
figurative
)
house
as
small
as a
snail
's
shell
(
humble
)
(my)
humble
abode
Derived terms
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蝸居蟻蛭
/
蜗居蚁蛭
Verb
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蝸居
(
figurative
)
to
live
in a
small
room