English
- turtle or tortoise
- tortoise; turtle
- variant of 皸|皲[jun1]
- used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- sometimes means one being late
- slow, with derogatory sense
- (derogatory) cops
- turtle; tortoise
- cuckold
- (coll.) cuckold
- being cowardly, to hide in a shelter or at the back, refuse to come out or advance due to fear of something
- Kangxi radical 213
粵語
- 有時會指人地遲大到
- 通常用嚟形容識郁嘅野郁得慢，帶貶義
- 對警察嘅貶稱
- 爬行動物嘅一種，肚同背脊進化變硬，成為龜殼，好長命，一般都可以生存過百年，有啲品種俾人當寵物養（量詞：隻）
- 指龜縮、畏縮、裹足不前
Stroke order
As a component in · 39
Variants
Words containing 龜
- 烏龜wu1 gwai1
tortoise
- 海龜hoi2 gwai1
turtle
- 龜頭gwai1 tau4
head of a turtle
- 龜公gwai1 gung1
pimp
- 畫龜waak6 gwai1
(verb) to sign
- 龜背gwai1 bui3
a padded vest
- 龜蛋gwai1 daan2
(noun) turtle egg; (curse language) bastard; jerk
- 龜縮gwai1 suk1
to withdraw
- 龜婆gwai1 po2
a bawd, a woman who is in charge of a brothel
- 龜裂gwai1 lit6
to crack
- 草龜cou2 gwai1
Chinese pond turtle
- 龜船gwai1 syun4
"turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱[ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4]
- 射龜se6 gwai1
standing in front of the goal and being shot with balls after losing a match as a punishment
- 龜速gwai1 cuk1
as slow as a tortoise
- 龜苓膏gwai1 ling4 gou1
turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs
- 四眼龜sei3 ngaan5 gwai1
four eyed turtle; can be use to tease someone who wear glasses [written and colloquial]
- 縮頭龜sok1 tau4 gwai1
(noun) a chicken (coward); a coward; a quitter; to describe someone who shies away from difficulties
- 釣金龜diu3 gam1 gwai1
to look for a rich husband
- 巴西龜baa1 sai1 gwai1
red-eared slider; literally: Brazil turtle
- 烏龜殼wu1 gwai1 hok3
tortoise shell
- 潛烏龜cim4 wu1 gwai1
Old Maid, a card game
- 老鼠拉龜lou5 syu2 laai1 gwai1
don't know where to start; don't know how to handle [colloquial]
- 畀龜逗bei2 gwai1 dau6
to be stopped and searched by the police [colloquial]
- 金龜gam1 gwai1
tortoise