烏龜

烏龜

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ gwai¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'u¹ gui¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): vu¹ gui¹
• Min Nan (POJ): o͘-ku / o͘-kui
• Wu (Wiktionary): u jy (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): u¹ guei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uguei
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ gwai¹
    • Yale: wū gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ guei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'u¹ gui¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ˈu⁴² kui⁴²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vu¹ gui¹
    • IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹ kuei¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ku / o͘-kui
    • Tâi-lô: oo-ku / oo-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'kw, o'kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/, /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ ku³³/, /ɔ³³ kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/, /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/, /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/, /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

Note:

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

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: u jy (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /v̩ʷ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u¹ guei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /u³³ kue̞i³³/

Noun

烏龜

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

Synonyms

• (turtle):

Dialectal synonyms of 烏龜 (“tortoise; turtle”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		龜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏龜
Mandarin	Beijing	烏龜
	Taiwan	烏龜
	Harbin	龜
	Shenyang	烏龜
	Hailar	烏龜
	Ulanhot	烏龜
	Tongliao	烏龜
	Chifeng	烏龜, 王八
	Bayanhot	烏龜
	Jinan	烏龜
	Luoyang	烏龜
	Xi'an	烏龜, 龜
	Xining	烏龜, 龜, 王八
	Xuzhou	烏龜, 龜
	Yinchuan	烏龜, 龜
	Lanzhou	龜, 烏龜
	Ürümqi	烏龜
	Wuhan	烏龜, 四腳爬, 爬爬
	Huanggang	王八
	Chengdu	烏龜
	Guiyang	烏龜
	Liuzhou	烏龜
	Kunming	烏龜
	Yangzhou	烏龜, 龜
	Nanjing	烏龜
	Hefei	烏龜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	烏龜, 龜
	Hong Kong	烏龜, 龜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	昂龜
	Foshan	烏龜
	Shunde	烏龜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	烏龜
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	烏龜
	Taishan	烏龜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	烏龜
	Dongguan	烏龜, 龜
	Shaoguan	烏龜
	Yunfu	烏龜
	Yangjiang	龜
	Xinyi	烏龜
	Lianjiang	烏龜
	Kuala Lumpur	烏龜
Gan	Nanchang	烏龜
	Lichuan	烏龜
	Pingxiang	烏龜
Hakka	Meixian	烏龜, 龜仔
	Yudu	烏龜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	龜仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	龜仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	龜仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	龜
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	龜
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	龜
	Hong Kong	烏龜
	Senai	烏龜
Huizhou	Jixi	烏龜
Jin	Taiyuan	王八, 烏龜, 龜
	Baochang	烏龜
	Jining	烏龜
	Hohhot	王八
	Baotou	烏龜
	Dongsheng	王八
	Linhe	烏龜
	Haibowan	王八
Min Bei	Jian'ou	烏龜
Min Dong	Fuzhou	烏龜, 龜
Min Nan	Xiamen	烏龜, 龜
	Quanzhou	烏龜, 龜
	Zhangzhou	烏龜, 龜
	Taipei	龜
	Kaohsiung	龜
	Tainan	龜
	Taichung	龜
	Wuqi	龜
	Hsinchu	龜
	Taitung	龜
	Lukang	龜
	Yilan	龜
	Magong	龜
	Penang	龜
	Singapore	龜, 烏龜
	Chaozhou	烏龜, 龜
	Johor Bahru	龜
	Haikou	龜
	Leizhou	龜
Pinghua	Nanning	龜
Wu	Shanghai	烏龜
	Suzhou	烏龜
	Wuxi	烏龜
	Hangzhou	烏龜
	Wenzhou	烏龜
	Chongming	烏龜
	Danyang	烏龜, 王八八, 王八
	Jinhua	烏龜
	Ningbo	烏龜, 王八
Xiang	Changsha	烏龜, 王八
	Shuangfeng	烏龜
	Loudi	烏龜

• (cuckold): 王八 (wángba)
• (male owner of a brothel): (Min Nan) 烏龜頭／乌龟头

See also

• 綠帽子／绿帽子 (lǜmàozi), 綠帽／绿帽 (lǜmào)

Derived terms

烏龜亡八／乌龟亡八 烏龜仔／乌龟仔 烏龜報／乌龟报 烏龜頭／乌龟头

爛板烏龜／烂板乌龟 痴烏龜／痴乌龟 縮頭烏龜／缩头乌龟 (suōtóu wūguī)