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龟

guī

Character Traditional 龜

What 龟 means

1. tortoise; turtle
2. colloquialcuckold

Other readings

龟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiūused in {龟兹|Qiū cí}
• jūnvariant of {皲|jūn}

Example sentences

• 海龟下蛋。
  Hǎiguī xiàdàn.
  Turtles lay eggs.
• 解放龟岛！
  Jiěfàng guī dǎo!
  Free Turtle Island!
• 乌龟死了。
  The turtle died.
• 金龟子是昆虫。
  Jīnguīzǐ shì kūnchóng.
  Scarabs are insects.
• 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.

Words starting with 龟

• 龟头guī tóuhead of a turtle; glans penis
• 龟公guī gōngpimp
• 龟友guī yǒuturtle enthusiast
• 龟板guī bǎntortoise plastron; turtle shell
• 龟壳guī kétortoise shell
• 龟毛guī máo(Taiwan; colloquial) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
• 龟甲guī jiǎtortoise shell
• 龟男guī nán(slang) man who grovels to a woman; man who accepts a subordinate or exploitative role in…
• 龟缩guī suōto withdraw; to hole up
• 龟船guī chuán"turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin…
• 龟兹Qiū cíKucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the…
• 龟裂jūn lièto crack; cracked; fissured
• 龟速guī sùas slow as a tortoise
• 龟儿子guī ér zi(colloquial) bastard; son of a bitch
• 龟孙子guī sūn zi(colloquial) son of a bitch; bastard
• 龟尾市Guī wěi ShìGumi, city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
• 龟壳花guī ké huāFormosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
• 龟甲宝螺guī jiǎ bǎo luóMauritius cowry; Mauritia mauritiana
• 龟背竹guī bèi zhúsplit-leaf philodendron; Monstera deliciosa
• 龟笑鳖无尾guī xiào biē wú wěilit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)…
• 龟苓膏guī líng gāoturtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs…
• 龟趺guī fūturtle-shaped plinth of a stele
• 龟甲万Guī jiǎ wànKikkoman, Japanese soy sauce and seasoning brand

Words containing 龟

• 乌龟wū guītortoise; cuckold
• 海龟hǎi guīturtle; Internet slang for 海归
• 督龟dū guī(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 金龟jīn guītortoise; scarab beetle
• 隐龟yǐn guīMary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)
• 忍者龟Rěn zhě GuīTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw); see 忍者神龟
• 乌龟壳wū guī kétortoise shell
• 金龟子jīn guī zǐscarab
• 金龟车Jīn guī chē(Taiwan) Volkswagen Beetle
• 册府元龟Cè fǔ yuán guīPrime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political…
• 忍者神龟Rěn zhě Shén guīTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films…
• 缩头乌龟suō tóu wū guīa turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken
• 杠龟gàng guī(Taiwan) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure…
• 粪金龟fèn jīn guīdung beetle
• 粪金龟子fèn jīn guī zǐdung beetle
• 鳄龟è guīsnapping turtle
• 金龟婿jīn guī xùwealthy son-in-law; wealthy husband
• 蠵龟xī guīloggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
• 陆龟lù guītortoise
• 九尾龟jiǔ wěi guīnine-tailed turtle of mythology; The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist…
• 老鼠拉龟，无从下手lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒulike mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)…

Characters that look like 龟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 朱zhūvermilion
• 兔tùrabbit
• 皂zàosoap; black
• 氚chuān(chemistry) tritium

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel