露螺
Chinese
to show; to reveal; to expose; dew |
aquatic snail | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (露螺) |
露 | 螺 | |
| alt. forms | 路螺 | ||
Pronunciation
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-lê
- Tâi-lô: lōo-lê
- Phofsit Daibuun: loxlee
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ le²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ le²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lê
- Tâi-lô: hōo-lê
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoxlee
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ le²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-lêr
- Tâi-lô: lōo-lêr
- IPA (Kinmen): /lɔ²²⁻¹² lə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǒ͘-lêr
- Tâi-lô: lǒo-lêr
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu)
Etymology 1
Noun
露螺
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Min Nan, Zhao'an Hakka) snail
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蝸牛 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 水牛兒 |
| Taiwan | 蝸牛 | |
| Jinan | 蛤拉蚰、蛤拉蚰子 | |
| Xi'an | 蝸蝸牛、蝸蝸牛兒 | |
| Wuhan | 蝸牛、天螺螄 | |
| Chengdu | 蝸牛、牛牛、牛牛兒 | |
| Yangzhou | 蝸牛 | |
| Hefei | 旱螺螄 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝸牛 |
| Hong Kong | 蝸牛 | |
| Taishan | 緣牛、蝸牛 | |
| Yangjiang | 蝸牛 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蝸牛 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 螔螺哥 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 螔螺仔 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 螔螺仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 蝓螺 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 蝓螺 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 蝓螺 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 露螺 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蝸牛 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鉗螺 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 牛母牛囝 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 露螺 |
| Zhangzhou | 鼻痕螺、鼻痕 | |
| Taipei | 露螺 | |
| Kaohsiung | 露螺 | |
| Tainan | 露螺 | |
| Taichung | 露螺 | |
| Hsinchu | 露螺 | |
| Lukang | 露螺 | |
| Sanxia | 露螺 | |
| Yilan | 露螺 | |
| Kinmen | 露螺 | |
| Magong | 露螺 | |
| Penang | 螺 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蝸牛、背包蜒蚰 |
| Wenzhou | 蜒蚰螺 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蝸牛、天螺陀 |
| Shuangfeng | 蝸牛、山田螺 | |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English Rolex, possibly via Japanese ロレックス (rorekkusu).
Noun
露螺
- (Taiwanese Min Nan, slang) Rolex
- From: 陳雷, 臺灣話
- Tōa-lâng chí kan-na kò͘-tio̍h bīn-té-phôe, pí chhit-á pí chhia pí chhù pí lō͘-lê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- The grown-ups only care about their face [reputation]; they just compare their girlfriends, cars, houses and Rolexes.
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