snail; see wō niú; Taiwan pr. guā

Character data

Radical ⾍ (142.9)
Strokes 14
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

蝸 wō
  1. 1. snail
  2. 2. see wō niú
  3. 3. Taiwan pr. guā

Words containing 蝸

Word Meaning
cochlear implant
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
cochlea
humble abode; to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
humble abode
to spiral
worm (mechanical engineering)
worm-gear pair; worm drive; worm and worm gear
snail; Taiwan pr. guā niú
fenestra cochleae (in middle ear)
snail
to advance at a snail's pace
very slow; at a snail's pace
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
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