Chinese word dictionary

蜗牛

wō niú · snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]

Word information

Simplified蜗牛
Traditional蝸牛
Pinyinwō niú
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 蜗牛

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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