烏龜仔

烏龜仔

Chinese

		turtle; tortoise; someone in last place	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (烏龜仔)		烏龜	仔
simp. (乌龟仔)		乌龟	仔

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): o͘-ku-á

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ku-á
    • Tâi-lô: oo-ku-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'ku'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ ku³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

烏龜仔

1. (Min Nan) ladybird; ladybug (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) black beetle

Synonyms

• (ladybird): 瓢蟲／瓢虫 (piáochóng), 花大姐 (huādàjiě)