田螺車

Chinese

		river snail	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (田螺車)		田螺	車
simp. (田螺车)		田螺	车

Etymology

Apparently from similarity between concrete mixers and the shells of river snail.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiánluóchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ lo^4-2 ce¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiánluóchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiánluóche
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-lo²-chʻê¹
    • Yale: tyán-lwó-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanluoche
    • Palladius: тяньлочэ (tjanʹločɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin⁴ lo^4-2 ce¹
    • Yale: tìhn ló chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ lo^4-2 tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ lo^4-2 cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ lɔː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

田螺車

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) concrete mixer vehicle