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	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	tortoise; turtle
trad. (烏龜)	烏	龜
simp. (乌龟)	乌	龟

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wūguī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄍㄨㄟ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu¹ gui¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ gwai¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'u¹ gui¹
Hakka
(Meixian, Guangdong): vu¹ gui¹

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): vu¹ gui¹
Jin (Wiktionary): vu¹ gui¹
Northern Min (KCR): ú-gṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): ŭ-gŭi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ou¹ gu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-ku / o͘-kui
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹u-ciu / ¹ou-ciu₁
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u¹ guei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wuguei
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-kuei¹
  - Yale: wū-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uguei
  - Palladius: угуй (uguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wu¹ gui¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ugui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ gwai¹
  - Yale: wū gwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ gwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ guei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'u¹ gui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈu⁴² kui⁴²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vu¹ gui¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴ kuɪ⁴⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: vu¹ gui¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vu³³ kui³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vu¹ gui¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹ kuei¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ú-gṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁴ ky⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭ-gŭi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ^(k-)ui⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ou¹ gu¹ [Phonetic: ou⁵ gu¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: o-gu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ou¹ gu¹ [Phonetic: ou⁵ gu¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ku
  - Tâi-lô: oo-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'kw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ ku³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Yongchun, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-kui
  - Tâi-lô: oo-kui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'kuy
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Singapore): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kui³³/

Note:

o͘-ku - vernacular (“turtle; someone in last place”);
o͘-kui - literary (“sex-related senses and “incompetent person”;
turtle (Yongchun)”).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹u-ciu
  - MiniDict: u^平 ciu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u-jy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹ou-ciu₁
  - MiniDict: ou^平 ciu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /əu⁴⁴ t͡ɕy/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: u¹ guei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³³ ku̯e̞i̯³³/

Noun

烏龜

turtle; tortoise
(zoology) Mauremys reevesii
(Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien, figurative) someone in last place
(derogatory) cuckold
(derogatory) incompetent, irresponsible person
(literary, Singapore, Penang, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) male owner of a brothel
(Taiwanese Hokkien) benefiter from the prostitution of his wife and daughters

Synonyms

(turtle):

Dialectal synonyms of 烏龜 (“tortoise; turtle”) [map]

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	龜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	烏龜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	烏龜
Taiwan	烏龜
Ulanhot	烏龜
Tongliao	烏龜
Chifeng	烏龜, 王八
Hulunbuir (Hailar)	烏龜
Harbin	龜
Shenyang	烏龜
Malaysia	烏龜
Singapore	烏龜
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	龜子
Jinan	烏龜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鱉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	烏龜
Xi'an	烏龜, 龜
Xining	烏龜, 龜, 王八
Xuzhou	烏龜, 龜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鱉蓋, 鱉
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	烏龜, 龜
Bayanhot	烏龜
Lanzhou	龜, 烏龜
Ürümqi	烏龜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	烏龜
Wuhan	烏龜, 四腳爬, 爬爬
Guiyang	烏龜
Kunming	烏龜
Guilin	烏龜
Liuzhou	烏龜
Dagudi (Maliba)	烏龜
Reshuitang (Longling)	烏龜
Mae Salong (Lancang)	烏龜
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	烏龜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	烏龜
Yangzhou	烏龜, 龜
Hefei	烏龜
Huanggang	王八
Cantonese	Guangzhou	烏龜, 龜
Hong Kong	烏龜, 龜
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	昂龜
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	烏龜
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	烏龜
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	爬龜
Macau	烏龜
Guangzhou (Panyu)	烏龜
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	龜
Guangzhou (Conghua)	龜
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	烏龜
Foshan	烏龜
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	龜
Foshan (Shunde)	烏龜
Foshan (Sanshui)	烏龜
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	龜
Zhongshan (Shiqi)	烏龜
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	烏龜
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	烏龜
Zhuhai (Doumen)	烏龜
Jiangmen (Baisha)	烏龜
Jiangmen (Xinhui)	烏龜
Taishan	烏龜
Kaiping (Chikan)	烏龜
Enping (Niujiang)	烏龜
Heshan (Yayao)	烏龜
Dongguan	烏龜, 龜
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	烏龜
Qingyuan	烏龜
Fogang	龜
Yingde (Hanguang)	烏龜
Yangshan	烏龜
Lianshan (Butian)	烏龜
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	烏龜
Shaoguan	烏龜
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	烏龜
Renhua	烏龜
Lechang	烏龜
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	烏龜
Sihui	烏龜
Guangning	烏龜
Deqing	烏龜
Huaiji	龜
Fengkai (Nanfeng)	龜
Yunfu	烏龜
Xinxing	烏龜
Luoding	烏龜
Yunan (Pingtai)	烏龜
Yangjiang	龜
Xinyi	烏龜
Lianjiang	烏龜
Nanning	烏龜, 龜
Wuzhou	烏龜, 龜
Yulin	烏龜
Rongxian	烏龜
Hepu (Lianzhou)	烏龜, 龜
Hepu (Shatian)	烏龜
Guiping	烏龜
Guiping (Mule)	龜
Pingnan	龜
Guigang (Gangcheng)	龜
Guigang (Pingdong)	龜
Beihai	龜
Beihai (Nankang)	烏龜
Beihai (Yingpan)	龜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	烏龜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	烏龜, 龜
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	烏龜
Danzhou	烏龜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	烏龜
Singapore (Guangfu)	烏龜, 龜
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	烏龜
Móng Cái	烏龜
Bangkok (Guangfu)	龜, เต่า
Betong (Rongxian)	烏龜
Gan	Nanchang	烏龜
Lichuan	烏龜
Pingxiang	烏龜
Hakka	Meixian	烏龜, 龜仔
Dabu (Xihe)	烏龜
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	烏龜
Dongguan (Qingxi)	烏龜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	烏龜
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏龜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	烏龜
Jiexi	烏龜
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	烏龜
Yudu	烏龜
Ruijin	烏龜
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	龜仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	龜仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	龜仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	烏龜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	龜仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	龜仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	龜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	龜
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	烏龜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	龜
Hong Kong	烏龜
Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)	烏龜
Luchuan (Daqiao)	烏龜
Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)	龜
Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)	龜
Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)	龜
Xingye (Gaofeng)	烏龜
Rongxian (Xiandi)	龜
Sabah (Longchuan)	烏龜, 龜仔
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	烏龜
Senai (Huiyang)	烏龜
Singkawang	龜
Bangkok (Jiexi)	烏龜
Huizhou	Jixi	烏龜
Jin	Taiyuan	王八, 烏龜, 龜
Pingyao	鱉疙瘩
Taibus (Baochang)	烏龜
Linhe	烏龜
Jining	烏龜
Hohhot	王八
Baotou	烏龜
Dongsheng	王八
Haibowan	王八
Northern Min	Jian'ou	烏龜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	烏龜, 龜
Fuqing	龜, 烏龜
Matsu	烏龜
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏龜, 龜
Quanzhou	烏龜, 龜
Yongchun	烏龜, 龜
Zhangzhou	烏龜, 龜
Zhao'an	龜
Taipei	龜
Taipei (Wanhua)	龜
New Taipei (Tamsui)	龜
New Taipei (Sanxia)	龜
New Taipei (Pingxi)	龜
Kaohsiung	龜
Kaohsiung (Cijin)	龜
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	龜
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	龜
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	龜
Yilan	龜
Changhua (Lukang)	龜
Taichung	龜
Taichung (Wuqi)	龜
Tainan	龜
Tainan (Anping)	龜
Taitung	龜
Hsinchu	龜
Kinmen	龜
Penghu (Magong)	龜
Penghu (Xiyu)	龜
Penang (Hokkien)	龜, 烏龜
Singapore (Hokkien)	龜, 烏龜
Zhangping (Yongfu)	龜
Pingnan (Shangdu)	烏龜
Pingnan (Sijie)	龜
Pingle (Zhoutang)	龜
Lechang (Tatou)	龜
Yingde (Yuzui)	龜
Yunan (Liantan)	龜
Chaozhou	烏龜, 龜
Bangkok (Teochew)	烏龜
Chiang Mai (Teochew)	龜
Hat Yai (Teochew)	烏龜
Johor Bahru (Teochew)	龜
Leizhou	龜
Wenchang	龜
Haikou	龜
Puxian Min	Putian	烏龜, 龜
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	烏龜
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	烏龜, 龜
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	烏龜
Xianyou	烏龜, 龜
Xianyou (Fengting)	烏龜, 龜
Xianyou (Youyang)	烏龜, 龜
Central Min	Yong'an	烏龜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	烏龜, 龜
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	烏龜, 龜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	烏龜, 龜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	烏龜
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	烏龜
Wu	Shanghai	烏龜, 王八
Shanghai (Songjiang)	烏龜, 十三塊六角
Shanghai (Jiading)	烏龜
Shanghai (Chongming)	烏龜
Suzhou	烏龜
Wuxi	烏龜
Danyang	烏龜, 王八八, 王八
Hangzhou	烏龜
Ningbo	烏龜, 王八
Wenzhou	烏龜
Jinhua	烏龜
Xiang	Changsha	烏龜, 王八
Loudi	烏龜
Shuangfeng	烏龜
Quanzhou	烏龜

(cuckold): 王八 (wángba)
(male owner of a brothel): (Hokkien) 烏龜頭／乌龟头

Derived terms

憂鬱的臺灣烏龜 / 忧郁的台湾乌龟 (yōuyù de Táiwān wūguī)
烏龜亡八 / 乌龟亡八
烏龜仔 / 乌龟仔
烏龜報 / 乌龟报
烏龜婆 / 乌龟婆
烏龜頭 / 乌龟头
爛板烏龜 / 烂板乌龟
痴烏龜 / 痴乌龟
縮頭烏龜 / 缩头乌龟 (suōtóu wūguī)

Descendants

→ Lisu: ꓪꓴꓺ ꓗꓴꓲꓺ (wu̱ ku̱j)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “575 龟”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 347.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “乌龟”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 705.

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