Usage of the character 蜗
wō
蜗
[蝸]
- snail
- Taiwan pr. (guā)
- see 蝸牛／蜗牛 (wōniú)
wōlú
蜗庐
[蝸廬]
- humble abode
ěrwō
耳蜗
[耳蝸]
- cochlea
wōgǎn
蜗杆
[蝸桿]
- worm (mechanical engineering)
wōchuāng
蜗窗
[蝸窗]
- fenestra cochleae (in middle ear)
wōyán
蜗蜒
[蝸蜒]
- snail
wōjū
蜗居
[蝸居]
- humble abode
- to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
wōxíng
蜗行
[蝸行]
- to advance at a snail's pace
wōniú
蜗牛
[蝸牛]
- snail
- Taiwan pr. (guāniú)
wōxuán
蜗旋
[蝸旋]
- to spiral
wōgǎnfù
蜗杆副
[蝸桿副]
- worm-gear pair
- worm drive
- worm and worm gear
réngōng'ěrwō
人工耳蜗
[人工耳蝸]
- cochlear implant
wōxíngniúbù
蜗行牛步
[蝸行牛步]
- lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
- fig. to move at a snail's pace
- to make slow progress
wúkéwōniú
无壳蜗牛
[無殼蝸牛]
- fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
yǐdòuwōzhēng
蚁斗蜗争
[蟻鬥蝸爭]
- lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling