蝸步龜移

Chinese

		land snail	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	tortoise; turtle	to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
trad. (蝸步龜移)		蝸	步	龜	移
simp. (蜗步龟移)		蜗	步	龟	移

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōbùguīyí, guābùguīyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧˊ, ㄍㄨㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōbùguīyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wobùgueiyí
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-pu⁴-kuei¹-i²
    • Yale: wō-bù-gwēi-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uobuhgueiyi
    • Palladius: вобугуйи (vobuguji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guābùguīyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guabùgueiyí
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-pu⁴-kuei¹-i²
    • Yale: gwā-bù-gwēi-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guabuhgueiyi
    • Palladius: гуабугуйи (guabuguji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/

Idiom

蝸步龜移

1. slow as a snail