白烏龜
Chinese
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | turtle; tortoise; someone in last place | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白烏龜) | 白 | 烏龜 | |
| simp. (白乌龟) | 白 | 乌龟 | |
Etymology
The usual word 鵝／鹅 (3ngu, “goose”) is homophonic with 我 (3ngu, “I”) in Wu, and is thus avoided in speech. For example, “kill a goose” and “kill me” sound identical.
Pronunciation
Noun
白烏龜
- (Wu) (white) goose
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 鵝 (“domestic goose”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 鵝 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鵝 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 鵝 |
| Taiwan | 鵝 | |
| Harbin | 鵝, 鵝子 | |
| Shenyang | 鵝 | |
| Chifeng | 鵝子 | |
| Jinan | 鵝 | |
| Muping | 鵝 | |
| Luoyang | 鵝 | |
| Xi'an | 鵝 | |
| Zhengzhou | 鵝 | |
| Xining | 鵝 | |
| Xuzhou | 鵝 | |
| Yinchuan | 鵝 | |
| Lanzhou | 鵝 | |
| Ürümqi | 鵝 | |
| Wuhan | 鵝 | |
| Chengdu | 鵝, 鵝兒 | |
| Guiyang | 鵝 | |
| Liuzhou | 鵝 | |
| Kunming | 鵝 | |
| Yangzhou | 鵝, 鵝子 | |
| Nanjing | 鵝 | |
| Hefei | 鵝 | |
| Nantong | 鵝兒 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鵝 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鵝 |
| Hong Kong | 鵝 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鵝 | |
| Foshan | 鵝 | |
| Shunde | 鵝 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鵝 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 鵝 | |
| Doumen | 鵝 | |
| Taishan | 鵝 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 鵝 | |
| Dongguan | 鵝 | |
| Shaoguan | 鵝 | |
| Yunfu | 鵝 | |
| Yangjiang | 鵝 | |
| Xinyi | 鵝 | |
| Lianjiang | 鵝 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 鵝 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 鵝 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鵝 |
| Lichuan | 草鴨 | |
| Pingxiang | 鵝 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鵝 |
| Yudu | 鵝 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鵝仔 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 鵝仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 鵝仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 鵝 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 鵝仔 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 鵝 | |
| Hong Kong | 鵝 | |
| Senai | 鵝 | |
| Singkawang | 鵝 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鵝 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鵝 |
| Pingyao | 鵝 | |
| Xinzhou | 鵝 | |
| Hohhot | 鵝 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鵝 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鵝 |
| Fuqing | 家鵝, 鵝 | |
| Matsu | 鵝 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 鵝 |
| Taipei | 鵝 | |
| Kaohsiung | 鵝仔 | |
| Sanxia | 鵝 | |
| Yilan | 鵝仔 | |
| Kinmen | 鵝 | |
| Magong | 鵝 | |
| Penang | 鵝 | |
| Singapore | 鵝 | |
| Chaozhou | 鵝 | |
| Johor Bahru | 鵝 | |
| Haikou | 鵝 | |
| Leizhou | 鵝 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鵝 |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 鵝 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 鵝 |
| Fuding | 赤鵝 | |
| Luoyuan | 赤鵝 | |
| Sanming | 鵝 | |
| Shunchang | 赤鵝 | |
| Guixi | 鵝 | |
| Cangnan | 赤鵝 | |
| Jingning | 赤鵝 | |
| Lishui | 赤鵝 | |
| Longyou | 赤鵝 | |
| Chaozhou | 鵝 | |
| Fengshun | 鵝 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鵝, 白烏龜, 戇 |
| Suzhou | 鵝, 白烏龜 | |
| Wuxi | 戇鵝, 高頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 鵝 | |
| Wenzhou | 雁鵝, 鵝 | |
| Chongming | 鵝, 白烏龜 | |
| Danyang | 鵝, 白烏龜 | |
| Jinhua | 鵝 | |
| Ningbo | 鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鵝 |
| Shuangfeng | 鵝 | |
| Loudi | 鵝 | |