# 露螺
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-lê / hō͘-lê / lō͘-lêr / lǒ͘-lêr
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-lê
*** Tâi-lô: lōo-lê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loxlee
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ le²³/
*** IPA (Yilan): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ le²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ le²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lê
*** Tâi-lô: hōo-lê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoxlee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ le²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-lêr
*** Tâi-lô: lōo-lêr
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lɔ²²⁻¹² lə²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǒ͘-lêr
*** Tâi-lô: lǒo-lêr
*** IPA (Lukang): /lɔ³³⁻²² lə²⁴/

#### Noun

露螺
* (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) snail
    From: 2015, 洪協強, 趁外路仔
    Khioh lō͘-lê, khòaⁿ bô-siáⁿ, kî-si̍t mā sī chi̍t hāng chiâⁿ gûi-hiám ê khang-khòe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Picking snails might be seen as nothing much, but it is actually a very dangerous task.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蝸蜒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蝸牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 水牛兒, 牛兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蝸牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 蝸牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蝸牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蛤蜊牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蝸牛, 水摸牛兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蝸牛, 水牛兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蝸牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蝸牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蝸牛, 牛磨磨兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蝸牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 牛兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蝸牛兒, 劉劉出門兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛤拉蚰, 蛤拉蚰子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蝸牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蝸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 蝸牛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蝸牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 阿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸牛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 拔牛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蝸牛, 烏斗牛兒, 烏斗牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蝸牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蝸蝸牛, 蝸牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蝸蝸牛兒, 蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 蝸牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 山螺螄, 牛牛兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蝸牛, 天螺螄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蝸牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蝸牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蝸牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蝸牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蝸牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蝸牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蝸牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 旱螺螄, 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝸牛, 田螺摩, 田螺蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 緣牛, 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鼻涕蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 屎坑螺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蝸牛 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 山螺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蝸牛 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蝸牛 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 天螺頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 螔螺哥, 螔螺仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 螔螺哩 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蝸牛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 螔螺仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 螔螺仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蝓螺 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蝓螺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蝓螺 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 露螺 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蜒蚰 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 螺螄 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蝸牛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蝸牛, 海螺子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蝸牛 |
| Jin | Jining | 蝸牛 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蝸牛 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蝸牛, 水牛 |
| Jin | Handan | 蝸牛, 巴牛, 牤牛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鉗螺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛母牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鼻痕螺, 鼻痕 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 𧌄花螺 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 紅螺螺 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 露螺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 庵螺 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 庵螺蟲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 庵螺 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蝸牛 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 麻露螺 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 過路螺 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 毛露螺 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蝸牛 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 咚咚螺, 狗囝螺螺 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螺螄蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蝸牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蝸牛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蝸牛, 背包蜒蚰 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蝸牛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蜒蚰螺, 蜒螺 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蜒蚰螺 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蚰蚰螺 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蝸牛, 天螺陀 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 山螺頭 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蝸牛, 山田螺 |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Rolex, possibly via Japanese ロレックス (rorekkusu).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lō͘-lê
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lō͘-lê
*** Tâi-lô: Lōo-lê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loxlee
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ le²³/

#### Noun

露螺
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, slang) Rolex
    From: 1995, 羅大佑 feat. OK男女合唱團, OK情歌
    m̄ chai tang-sî lâi ê chhit-á-khoe, thâu-khak siò͘-to͘h siang-chhiú kòa Lō͘-lê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    This playboy that came no one knows when is muddleheaded and wears Rolexes on both his hands
    From: 2000, 陳雷, 臺灣話
    tāi-jîn chí kan-na kò͘-tio̍h bīn-té-phôe, pí chhit-á pí chhia pí chhù pí Lō͘-lê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The grown-ups only care about their face [reputation]; they just compare their girlfriends, cars, houses and Rolexes.
    From: 2001, 董事長樂團, 不爽
    sái-tio̍h Biàn-luh koh kòa-tio̍h Lō͘-lê, góa sī beh the̍h siáⁿ-mih kah i pí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    [He] drives a Mercedes and wears a Rolex; what could I use to match up to him?
    From: 2006, 方瑞娥 and 高向鵬, 錢四腳人兩腳
    ū-lâng khui Bí-leng--ê, mā ū-lâng kòa Lō͘-lê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Some people drive BMWs, and some wear Rolexes
    From: 2020, 黃昺翔, 叫爸爸
    Lō͘-lê lóng bô-tàng kòa, lī-sì sió-sî lóng tòe lí kiâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Rolexes I cannot wear, following you around twenty-four seven

##### Synonyms

* 勞力士／劳力士 (Láolìshì)