粵

海hoi2龜gwai1

simp海龟
hoi2 gwai1hǎi guī

English

  1. turtle
  2. sea turtle
  3. Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一類動物;係喺海裏面生活嘅龜,分佈喺熱帶同亞熱帶水域;同其他種類嘅龜相比,海龜個殼相對身體較細,冇得好似其他龜咁將頭同腳縮入殼入面(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 過度採捕海龜蛋可以導致到海龜絕種。

    The over-harvesting of sea turtle eggs can lead to the extinction of sea turtle.

  • 沿海發展同城市擴張正以快速嘅速度發生,而由此引起嘅海龜數量下降會傷害雌性龜,同埋佢哋嘅平等關係。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 海龟下蛋。

    Turtles lay eggs.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 海龟的寿命很长。

    Sea turtles have a long lifespan.

    Tatoeba · Elliot2560 CC BY

  • 海龟是爬行动物。

    Turtles are reptiles.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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