Snail in Chinese (Mandarin): 蜗牛 (wōniú)
蜗牛
wōniú
snail
- Simplified
- 蜗牛
- Traditional
- 蝸牛
- Pinyin
- wōniú
- Typed as
- woniu
Use it in a sentence
蜗牛背着房子。
蝸牛背著房子。
The snail carries its house on its back.
The characters in 蜗牛
蜗 / 蝸
Snail. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
13 strokes
牛
Cow.
4 strokes
蜗牛 is a "snail cow", perhaps for its two horn-like feelers. Very slow is 像蜗牛一样慢, as slow as a snail.
More examples with 蜗牛
蜗牛爬得很慢。
蝸牛爬得很慢。
Wōniú pá de hěn màn.
The snail crawls very slowly.
下雨后蜗牛出来了。
下雨後蝸牛出來了。
Xià yǔ hòu wōniú chūlai le.
The snails came out after the rain.
How to write 蜗牛 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
蜗 13 strokes
牛 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
蝸 15 strokes
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