露螺

Chinese

Etymology 1

	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew	aquatic snail
trad. (露螺)	露	螺
simp. ^#(露螺)	露	螺
alternative forms	路螺

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-lê / hō͘-lê / lō͘-lêr / lǒ͘-lêr

Southern Min
- (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 (Yilan): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /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
  - IPA (Lukang): /lɔ³³⁻²² lə²⁴/

Noun

露螺

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) snail
- 抾露螺，看無啥，其實嘛是一項誠危險的工課。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  抾露螺，看无啥，其实嘛是一项诚危险的工课。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2015, 洪協強, 趁外路仔
  Khioh lō͘-lê, khòaⁿ bô-siáⁿ, kî-si̍t mā sī chi̍t hāng chiâⁿ gûi-hiám ê khang-khòe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Picking snails might be seen as nothing much, but it is actually a very dangerous task.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝸蜒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝸牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	水牛兒, 牛兒
	Taiwan	蝸牛
	Langfang	蝸牛
	Chifeng	蝸牛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛤蜊牛
	Harbin	蝸牛, 水摸牛兒
	Shenyang	蝸牛, 水牛兒
	Singapore	蝸牛
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蝸牛
	Tangshan	蝸牛, 牛磨磨兒
	Cangzhou	蝸牛
	Baoding	牛兒
	Shijiazhuang	蝸牛兒, 劉劉出門兒
	Jinan	蛤拉蚰, 蛤拉蚰子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	蝸牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蝸子
	Daming	蝸牛兒
	Wanrong	蝸牛
	Zhengzhou	阿子
	Xi'an	蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸牛兒
	Xining	拔牛兒
	Xuzhou	蝸牛, 烏斗牛兒, 烏斗牛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蝸牛
	Lanzhou	蝸蝸牛, 蝸牛
	Ürümqi	蝸蝸牛兒, 蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牛牛兒, 牛牛, 蝸牛
	Chongqing	山螺螄, 牛牛兒
	Wuhan	蝸牛, 天螺螄
	Guiyang	蝸牛
	Kunming	蝸牛
	Guilin	蝸牛
	Liuzhou	蝸牛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蝸牛
	Yangzhou	蝸牛
	Nantong	蝸牛
	Hefei	旱螺螄, 蝸牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝸牛, 田螺摩, 田螺蟲
	Hong Kong	蝸牛
	Taishan	緣牛, 蝸牛
	Dongguan	蝸牛
	Yangjiang	蝸牛
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鼻涕蟲
	Hepu (Shatian)	屎坑螺
	Beihai	蝸牛
	Beihai (Nankang)	蝸牛
	Beihai (Yingpan)	山螺
Gan	Nanchang	蝸牛
	Lichuan	蝸牛
	Pingxiang	天螺頭
Hakka	Meixian	螔螺哥, 螔螺仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	螔螺哩
	Yudu	蝸牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	螔螺仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	螔螺仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝓螺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝓螺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝓螺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	露螺
Huizhou	Jixi	蜒蚰
Huizhou	Shexian	螺螄
Jin	Taiyuan	蝸牛
	Xinzhou	蝸牛, 海螺子
	Linhe	蝸牛
	Jining	蝸牛
	Hohhot	蝸牛
	Zhangjiakou	蝸牛, 水牛
	Handan	蝸牛, 巴牛, 牤牛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉗螺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛母牛囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	露螺
	Zhangzhou	鼻痕螺, 鼻痕
	Zhao'an	𧌄花螺
	Dongshan	紅螺螺
	Taipei	露螺
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	露螺
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	露螺
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	露螺
	Kaohsiung	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	露螺
	Yilan	露螺
	Yilan (Toucheng)	露螺
	Changhua (Lukang)	露螺
	Taichung	露螺
	Taichung (Wuqi)	露螺
	Tainan	露螺
	Tainan (Anping)	露螺
	Taitung	露螺
	Hsinchu	露螺
	Kinmen	露螺
	Penghu (Magong)	露螺
	Penghu (Xiyu)	露螺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	露螺
	Chaozhou	庵螺
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	庵螺蟲
	Jieyang	庵螺
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蝸牛
	Leizhou	麻露螺
	Wenchang	過路螺
	Haikou	毛露螺
Puxian Min	Putian	蝸牛
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	咚咚螺, 狗囝螺螺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螺螄蟲
Wu	Shanghai	蝸牛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蝸牛
	Suzhou	蝸牛, 背包蜒蚰
	Hangzhou	蝸牛
	Ningbo	蜒蚰螺, 蜒螺
	Wenzhou	蜒蚰螺
	Jinhua	蚰蚰螺
Xiang	Changsha	蝸牛, 天螺陀
	Loudi	山螺頭
	Shuangfeng	蝸牛, 山田螺

Etymology 2

	phonetic
trad. (露螺)	露	螺
simp. ^#(露螺)	露	螺
alternative forms	路螺勞力／劳力勞力士／劳力士 ROLEX

Borrowed from English Rolex, possibly via Japanese ロレックス (rorekkusu).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lō͘-lê

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lō͘-lê
  - Tâi-lô: Lōo-lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxlee
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ le²³/

Noun

露螺

(Taiwanese Hokkien, slang) Rolex
- 不知東時來的七仔魁　頭殼秀逗雙手掛露螺 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  不知东时来的七仔魁　头壳秀逗双手挂露螺 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1995, 羅大佑 feat. OK男女合唱團, OK情歌
  m̄ chai tang-sî lâi ê chhit-á-khoe, thâu-khak siò͘-to͘h siang-chhiú kòa Lō͘-lê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  This playboy that came no one knows when is muddleheaded and wears Rolexes on both his hands
- 大人只甘那顧著面底皮　比七仔比車比厝比路螺 [Hokkien, trad.]
  大人只甘那顾着面底皮　比七仔比车比厝比路螺 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2000, 陳雷, 臺灣話
  tāi-jîn 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.
- 駛著賓士擱掛著勞力士　我是欲拿啥咪甲伊比 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  驶着宾士搁挂着劳力士　我是欲拿啥咪甲伊比 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2001, 董事長樂團, 不爽
  sái-tio̍h Biàn-luh koh kòa-tio̍h Lō͘-lê, góa sī beh the̍h siáⁿ-mih kah i pí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  [He] drives a Mercedes and wears a Rolex; what could I use to match up to him?
- 有人開米連ㄝ　嘛有人掛勞力 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  有人开米连ㄝ　嘛有人挂劳力 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2006, 方瑞娥 and 高向鵬, 錢四腳人兩腳
  ū-lâng khui Bí-leng--ê, mā ū-lâng kòa Lō͘-lê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Some people drive BMWs, and some wear Rolexes
- ROLEX攏無當掛　二四小時攏綴你行 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  ROLEX拢无当挂　二四小时拢缀你行 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2020, 黃昺翔, 叫爸爸
  Lō͘-lê lóng bô-tàng kòa, lī-sì sió-sî lóng tòe lí kiâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Rolexes I cannot wear, following you around twenty-four seven

Synonyms

勞力士／劳力士 (Láolìshì)