烏龜

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See also: 乌龟

Chinese

a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 
 tortoise; turtle
trad. (烏龜) 烏 龜
simp. (乌龟) 乌 龟
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Pronunciation

Note:
  • o͘-ku - vernacular (“turtle; someone in last place”);
  • o͘-kui - literary (“sex-related senses and “incompetent person”;
  • turtle (Yongchun)”).

Noun

烏龜

  1. turtle; tortoise
  2. (zoology) Mauremys reevesii
  3. (Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien, figurative) someone in last place
  4. (derogatory) cuckold
  5. (derogatory) incompetent, irresponsible person
  6. (literary, Singapore, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) male owner of a brothel
  7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) benefiter from the prostitution of his wife and daughters

Synonyms

  • (turtle):
Dialectal synonyms of 烏龜 (“tortoise; turtle”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 龜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 烏龜
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 烏龜
Taiwan 烏龜
Ulanhot 烏龜
Tongliao 烏龜
Chifeng 烏龜, 王八
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 烏龜
Harbin 龜
Shenyang 烏龜
Malaysia 烏龜
Singapore 烏龜
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 龜子
Jinan 烏龜
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鱉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 烏龜
Xi'an 烏龜, 龜
Xining 烏龜, 龜, 王八
Xuzhou 烏龜, 龜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 鱉蓋, 鱉
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 烏龜, 龜
Bayanhot 烏龜
Lanzhou 龜, 烏龜
Ürümqi 烏龜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 烏龜
Wuhan 烏龜, 四腳爬, 爬爬
Guiyang 烏龜
Kunming 烏龜
Guilin 烏龜
Liuzhou 烏龜
Dagudi (Maliba) 烏龜
Reshuitang (Longling) 烏龜
Mae Salong (Lancang) 烏龜
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 烏龜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 烏龜
Yangzhou 烏龜, 龜
Hefei 烏龜
Huanggang 王八
Cantonese Guangzhou 烏龜, 龜
Hong Kong 烏龜, 龜
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 昂龜
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 烏龜
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 烏龜
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 爬龜
Macau 烏龜
Guangzhou (Panyu) 烏龜
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 龜
Guangzhou (Conghua) 龜
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 烏龜
Foshan 烏龜
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 龜
Foshan (Shunde) 烏龜
Foshan (Sanshui) 烏龜
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 龜
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 烏龜
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 烏龜
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 烏龜
Zhuhai (Doumen) 烏龜
Jiangmen (Baisha) 烏龜
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 烏龜
Taishan 烏龜
Kaiping (Chikan) 烏龜
Enping (Niujiang) 烏龜
Heshan (Yayao) 烏龜
Dongguan 烏龜, 龜
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 烏龜
Qingyuan 烏龜
Fogang 龜
Yingde (Hanguang) 烏龜
Yangshan 烏龜
Lianshan (Butian) 烏龜
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 烏龜
Shaoguan 烏龜
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 烏龜
Renhua 烏龜
Lechang 烏龜
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 烏龜
Sihui 烏龜
Guangning 烏龜
Deqing 烏龜
Huaiji 龜
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 龜
Yunfu 烏龜
Xinxing 烏龜
Luoding 烏龜
Yunan (Pingtai) 烏龜
Yangjiang 龜
Xinyi 烏龜
Lianjiang 烏龜
Nanning 烏龜, 龜
Wuzhou 烏龜, 龜
Yulin 烏龜
Rongxian 烏龜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 烏龜, 龜
Hepu (Shatian) 烏龜
Guiping 烏龜
Guiping (Mule) 龜
Pingnan 龜
Guigang (Gangcheng) 龜
Guigang (Pingdong) 龜
Beihai 龜
Beihai (Nankang) 烏龜
Beihai (Yingpan) 龜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 烏龜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 烏龜, 龜
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 烏龜
Danzhou 烏龜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 烏龜
Singapore (Guangfu) 烏龜, 龜
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 烏龜
Móng Cái 烏龜
Bangkok (Guangfu) 龜, เต่า
Betong (Rongxian) 烏龜
Gan Nanchang 烏龜
Lichuan 烏龜
Pingxiang 烏龜
Hakka Meixian 烏龜, 龜仔
Dabu (Xihe) 烏龜
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 烏龜
Dongguan (Qingxi) 烏龜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 烏龜
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 烏龜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 烏龜
Jiexi 烏龜
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 烏龜
Yudu 烏龜
Ruijin 烏龜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 龜仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 龜仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 龜仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 烏龜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 龜仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 龜仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 龜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 龜
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 烏龜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 龜
Hong Kong 烏龜
Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) 烏龜
Luchuan (Daqiao) 烏龜
Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) 龜
Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) 龜
Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) 龜
Xingye (Gaofeng) 烏龜
Rongxian (Xiandi) 龜
Sabah (Longchuan) 烏龜, 龜仔
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 烏龜
Senai (Huiyang) 烏龜
Singkawang 龜
Bangkok (Jiexi) 烏龜
Huizhou Jixi 烏龜
Jin Taiyuan 王八, 烏龜, 龜
Pingyao 鱉疙瘩
Taibus (Baochang) 烏龜
Linhe 烏龜
Jining 烏龜
Hohhot 王八
Baotou 烏龜
Dongsheng 王八
Haibowan 王八
Northern Min Jian'ou 烏龜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 烏龜, 龜
Fuqing 龜, 烏龜
Matsu 烏龜
Southern Min Xiamen 烏龜, 龜
Quanzhou 烏龜, 龜
Yongchun 烏龜, 龜
Zhangzhou 烏龜, 龜
Zhao'an 龜
Taipei 龜
Taipei (Wanhua) 龜
New Taipei (Tamsui) 龜
New Taipei (Sanxia) 龜
New Taipei (Pingxi) 龜
Kaohsiung 龜
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 龜
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 龜
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 龜
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 龜
Yilan 龜
Changhua (Lukang) 龜
Taichung 龜
Taichung (Wuqi) 龜
Tainan 龜
Tainan (Anping) 龜
Taitung 龜
Hsinchu 龜
Kinmen 龜
Penghu (Magong) 龜
Penghu (Xiyu) 龜
Penang (Hokkien) 龜, 烏龜
Singapore (Hokkien) 龜, 烏龜
Zhangping (Yongfu) 龜
Pingnan (Shangdu) 烏龜
Pingnan (Sijie) 龜
Pingle (Zhoutang) 龜
Lechang (Tatou) 龜
Yingde (Yuzui) 龜
Yunan (Liantan) 龜
Chaozhou 烏龜, 龜
Bangkok (Teochew) 烏龜
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 龜
Hat Yai (Teochew) 烏龜
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 龜
Leizhou 龜
Wenchang 龜
Haikou 龜
Puxian Min Putian 龜
Central Min Yong'an 烏龜
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 烏龜, 龜
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 烏龜, 龜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 烏龜, 龜
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 烏龜
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 烏龜
Wu Shanghai 烏龜, 王八
Shanghai (Songjiang) 烏龜, 十三塊六角
Shanghai (Jiading) 烏龜
Shanghai (Chongming) 烏龜
Suzhou 烏龜
Wuxi 烏龜
Danyang 烏龜, 王八八, 王八
Hangzhou 烏龜
Ningbo 烏龜, 王八
Wenzhou 烏龜
Jinhua 烏龜
Xiang Changsha 烏龜, 王八
Loudi 烏龜
Shuangfeng 烏龜
Quanzhou 烏龜

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Lisu: ꓪꓴꓺ ꓗꓴꓲꓺ (wu̱ ku̱j)

See also

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