Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- áo
English
- huge sea turtle
- mythological sea turtle
Variants
Words containing 鰲
- 博鰲bok3 ngou4
see 博鰲鎮|博鳌镇[Bo2 ao2 Zhen4]
- 鰲拜ngou4 baai3
- 鰲抃ngou4 bin6
(literary) elated and excited; overjoyed
- 博鰲鎮bok3 ngou4 zan3
Bo'ao, coastal town in Hainan, a tourist destination and the site of the annual Boao Forum for Asia
- 獨佔鰲頭duk6 zim3 ngou4 tau4
to come out first; to be at the leading position by a considerable margin.
- 獨占鰲頭duk6 zim1 ngou4 tau4
(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
- 鰲背負山ngou4 bui3 fu6 saan1
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
- 博鰲亞洲論壇bok3 ngou4 aa3 zau1 leon6 taan4
Boao Forum for Asia, founded in 2001