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乌龟

wū guī

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 烏龜

乌龟 (wū guī) means "tortoise; cuckold". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 乌龟 means

1. tortoise
2. cuckold

The characters in 乌龟

• 乌wūcrow; black
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold

Example sentences

• 乌龟死了。
  The turtle died.
• 乌龟没有牙齿。
  Turtles don't have teeth.
• 这只乌龟很老了。
  Zhè zhī wūguī hěn lǎo le.
  This turtle is really old.
• 兔子和乌龟赛跑。
  A hare raced with a tortoise.
• 野兔被乌龟抛了在后头。
  Yětù bèi wūguī pāo le zàihòu tóu.
  The hare was overtaken by the tortoise.
• 给我买只乌龟吧，妈妈，求你给我买只乌龟吧！
  Gěi wǒ mǎi zhǐ wūguī ba, māma, qiú nǐ gěi wǒ mǎi zhǐ wūguī ba!
  Buy me a turtle, Mom, please buy me a turtle!

Words starting with 乌龟

• 乌龟壳wū guī kétortoise shell

Words containing 乌龟

• 缩头乌龟suō tóu wū guīa turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wū guī correctly.
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