田螺

Chinese

		field; farm	aquatic snail
simp. and trad. (田螺)		田	螺
alternative forms		塍螺 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiánluó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ lo^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thièn-lò
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhân-lê / chhân-lêr / chhân-lôe

(Teochew, Peng'im): cang⁵ lo⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-lu
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): dien² lo^2-1

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiánluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiánluó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien²-lo²
  - Yale: tyán-lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanluo
  - Palladius: тяньло (tjanʹlo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin⁴ lo^4-2
  - Yale: tìhn ló
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ lo^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ lo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ lɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thièn-lò
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˇ lo^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian² lo²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en¹¹ lo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-lê
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhanlee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ le²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² le¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻³³ le²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Yongchun, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-lêr
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-lêr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹² lə²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²¹ lə²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Yongchun, Lukang): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² lə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-lôe
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-luê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhanloee
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²¹ lue²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ lue²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ lue²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cang⁵ lo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâng lô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-lu
  - MiniDict: di^去 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² lu⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: dien² lo^2-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥i̯ɛn¹¹ lo⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

田螺

river snail (a generic term referring to freshwater snails)

Synonyms

螺螄／螺蛳 (luósī)
(Xiang) 螺陀, 田螺陀

Derived terms

田螺摩
田螺蟲 / 田螺虫
田螺車 / 田螺车 (tiánluóchē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
田	螺
た Grade: 1	にし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

田(た)螺(にし) or 田螺(タニシ) • (tanishi)

river snail

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as タニシ (tanishi).