陀螺

Chinese

		phonetic; declivity; steep bank	aquatic snail
simp. and trad. (陀螺)		陀	螺
anagram		螺陀

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuóluó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴ lo^4-2 / to⁴ lo⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): to² lo
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): to⁵ lo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuóluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuóluó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo²-lo²
  - Yale: twó-lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twoluo
  - Palladius: толо (tolo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to⁴ lo^4-2 / to⁴ lo⁴
  - Yale: tòh ló / tòh lòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴ lo^4-2 / to⁴ lo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: to⁴ lo^4-2 / to⁴ lo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹ lɔː²¹⁻³⁵/, /tʰɔː²¹ lɔː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: to² lo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²⁴ lo²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: to⁵ lo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thô lô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵/

Noun

陀螺

spinning top

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	漢奸
	Taiwan	陀螺
	Singapore	陀螺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	格螺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	地陀, 下流胚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Gan	Nanchang	陀螺
Hakka	Xingning	抽車哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	奇樂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	極樂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	缺樂
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	極樂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	極樂, 矸轆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	摔
Huizhou	Jixi	賤鞭螺
Jin	Xinzhou	猴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	榛迷
Southern Min	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Zhao'an	摔
	Taipei	矸轆
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	矸轆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	矸轆
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Yilan (Luodong)	矸轆
	Yilan (Toucheng)	矸轆
	Changhua (Lukang)	矸轆
	Changhua (Yongjing)	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Tainan (Anping)	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Penghu (Magong)	矸轆, 柴佛
	Penghu (Xiyu)	矸轆
	Manila (Hokkien)	矸轆
	Longyan	陀螺
	Haikou	牛六
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陀螺
Xiang	Changsha	得螺
Xiang	Loudi	地擂公

Derived terms

手指陀螺 (shǒuzhǐ tuóluó)
抽陀螺
指尖陀螺 (zhǐjiān tuóluó)
竹陀螺
陀螺儀 / 陀螺仪 (tuóluóyí)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-lo̍k

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kan-lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kanlok
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Lukang): /kan³³ lɔk̚³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Yilan): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ lɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/

Noun

陀螺

(Hokkien) alternative form of 矸轆 / 矸辘 (kan-lo̍k, “spinning top”)
- 1996, “陀螺”, 陳昇 (lyrics), 楊騰佑 (music), performed by 葉璦菱:
  
  我那沒魂有體的柴塊　參像陀螺在繞啊繞 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  我那没魂有体的柴块　参像陀螺在绕啊绕 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  góa ná bô-hûn-ū-thé ê chhâ-kho͘, chhan-chhiūⁿ kan-lo̍k tī-leh se̍h ah se̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I'm like a block of wood with a body but no soul, like a top spinning round and round
- 2014, 廖偉志, “尚痛的記誌”, in 阿宅的心聲, performed by 蔡佳麟:
  
  你的笑容置我腦海　親像陀螺一直旋 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  你的笑容置我脑海　亲像陀螺一直旋 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  lí ê chhiò-iông tī góa náu-hái, chhin-chhiūⁿ kan-lo̍k it-ti̍t se̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Your smile appears in my head like a top that keeps spinning