烏wu1龜gwai1

English

1. tortoise
2. a tortoise; turtle ----
3. cuckold
4. figuratively, a skittish, irresponsible person

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 龜嘅通稱；有時亦會指一種細嘅龜（量詞：隻）
2. 比喻啲人遇事退縮，唔肯承擔責任

Examples

• 縮頭烏龜

  a skittish, irresponsible man; literally: a tortoise retracting its head into its shell

• 烏龜冇牙。

  Turtles don't have teeth.

  Tatoeba · Balamax CC BY

• 乌龟死了。

  The turtle died.

  Tatoeba · jin1 CC BY

• 烏龜沒有牙齒。

  Turtles don't have teeth.

  Tatoeba · Balamax CC BY

• 兔子和烏龜賽跑。

  A hare raced with a tortoise.

  Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

• 這隻烏龜很老了。

  This turtle is really old.

  Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

• 野兔被烏龜拋了在後頭。

  The hare was outdistanced by the tortoise.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY