蝸居

See also: 蜗居

Chinese

		land snail	reside
trad. (蝸居)		蝸	居
simp. (蜗居)		蜗	居
Literally: “snail house”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōjū, guājū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩ, ㄍㄨㄚ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wojyu
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-chü¹
    • 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: kua¹-chü¹
    • Yale: gwā-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guajiu
    • Palladius: гуацзюй (guaczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ geoi¹
    • Yale: wō gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Noun

蝸居

1. (figurative) house as small as a snail's shell
2. (humble) (my) humble abode

Derived terms

• 蝸居蟻蛭／蜗居蚁蛭

 

Verb

蝸居

1. (figurative) to live in a small room