tortoise; turtle | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
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trad. (龜毛) | 龜 | 毛 | |
simp. (龟毛) | 龟 | 毛 | |
Literally: “turtle hair”. |
Originally Hokkien. It is possibly a reference to 龜毛兔角/龟毛兔角 (guīmáotùjiǎo) ("an impossibility", literally "turtle fur and rabbit horns"), a Buddhist metaphor that describes hollow or specious logic.
龜毛
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龜毛
Variety | Location | Words |
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Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 屌毛 |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 屌毛 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 雞巴毛, 雞子毛, 屌毛 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 雞巴毛, 屌毛, 㞗毛 |
Xi'an | 㞗毛 | |
Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 㞗毛 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鳩毛 |
Gan | Pingxiang | 卵毛 |
Southern Min | Tainan | 𡳞蔓 |
Jieyang | 𡳞毛 | |
Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 卵毛 |
Wu | Shanghai | 卵毛 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 卵毛 | |
Suzhou | 卵毛 | |
Danyang | 卵毛 | |
Hangzhou | 卵毛 |