蝸步龜移

Chinese

		land snail	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	tortoise; turtle	to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
trad. (蝸步龜移)		蝸	步	龜	移
simp. (蜗步龟移)		蜗	步	龟	移

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "蜗步龟移".)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wōbùguīyí, guābùguīyí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟㄧˊ, ㄍㄨㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wōbùguīyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wobùgueiyí
  - Wade–Giles: wo¹-pu⁴-kuei¹-i²
  - Yale: wō-bù-gwēi-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uobuhgueiyi
  - Palladius: вобугуйи (vobuguji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guābùguīyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guabùgueiyí
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹-pu⁴-kuei¹-i²
  - Yale: gwā-bù-gwēi-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guabuhgueiyi
  - Palladius: гуабугуйи (guabuguji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/

Idiom

蝸步龜移

slow as a snail

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