蟻躝

Chinese

		ant	to pass; to step over; to creep to pass; to step over; to creep; to twine round
trad. (蟻躝)		蟻	躝
simp. (蚁𨅬)		蚁	𨅬
Literally: “[like] ants crawling”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵ laan¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵ laan¹
    • Yale: ngáih lāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵ laan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵ lan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³ laːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

蟻躝

1. (Cantonese, figurative) very slow

   慢到蟻躝噉／慢到蚁𨅬噉 [Cantonese]  ―  maan⁶ dou³ ngai⁵ laan¹ gam² [Jyutping]  ―  very slow