Usage of the character 龟
jūn
龟
[龜]
- variant of 皸／皲 (jūn)
qiū
龟
[龜]
- used in 龜茲／龟兹 ( Qiūcí)
guī
龟
[龜]
- tortoise; turtle
- (coll.) cuckold
gàngguī
杠龟
[槓龜]
- (Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. (kòng-ku))
jīnguī
金龟
[金龜]
- tortoise
- scarab beetle
guījiǎ
龟甲
[龜甲]
- tortoise shell
guīsuō
龟缩
[龜縮]
- to withdraw
- to hole up
jūnliè
龟裂
[龜裂]
- to crack
- cracked
- fissured
- creviced
- (of skin) chapped
lùguī
陆龟
[陸龜]
- tortoise
yǐnguī
隐龟
[隱龜]
- Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)
dūguī
督龟
[督龜]
- (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. (tuh-ku))
guīchuán
龟船
[龜船]
- "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 (rénchénwōluàn)
Qiūcí
龟兹
[龜茲]
- ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區／阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
guīfū
龟趺
[龜趺]
- pedestal in the form of a tortoise
guīsù
龟速
[龜速]
- as slow as a tortoise
guītóu
龟头
[龜頭]
- head of a turtle
- glans penis
guībǎn
龟板
[龜板]
- tortoise plastron
- turtle shell
guīyǒu
龟友
[龜友]
- turtle enthusiast
guīmáo
龟毛
[龜毛]
- (Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. (ku-moo))
Liùguī
六龟
[六龜]
- Liugui or Liukuei township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
hǎiguī
海龟
[海龜]
- turtle
- Internet slang for 海歸／海归 (hǎiguī)
guīké
龟壳
[龜殼]
- tortoise shell
guīgōng
龟公
[龜公]
- pimp
wūguī
乌龟
[烏龜]
- tortoise
- cuckold
Guīshān
龟山
[龜山]
- Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣／桃园县 ( Táoyuánxiàn), north Taiwan
guībèizhú
龟背竹
[龜背竹]
- split-leaf philodendron
- Monstera deliciosa
Rěnzhě Guī
忍者龟
[忍者龜]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw)
- see 忍者神龜／忍者神龟 ( Rěnzhě Shénguī)
Liùguīxiāng
六龟乡
[六龜鄉]
- Liugui or Liukuei township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
jiǔwěiguī
九尾龟
[九尾龜]
- nine-tailed turtle of mythology
- The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆／张春帆
guīsūnzi
龟孙子
[龜孫子]
- (coll.) son of a bitch
- bastard
Jīnguīchē
金龟车
[金龜車]
- (Tw) Volkswagen Beetle
guīkéhuā
龟壳花
[龜殼花]
- Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
Guījiǎwàn
龟甲万
[龜甲萬]
- Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc
fènjīnguī
粪金龟
[糞金龜]
- dung beetle
jīnguīzǐ
金龟子
[金龜子]
- scarab
guī'érzi
龟儿子
[龜兒子]
- (coll.) bastard
- son of a bitch
jīnguīxù
金龟婿
[金龜婿]
- wealthy son-in-law
- wealthy husband
guīlínggāo
龟苓膏
[龜苓膏]
- turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs
- a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
Guīshānxiāng
龟山乡
[龜山鄉]
- Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣／桃园县 ( Táoyuánxiàn), north Taiwan
wūguīké
乌龟壳
[烏龜殼]
- tortoise shell
Guīwěishì
龟尾市
[龜尾市]
- Gumi city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Cèfǔyuánguī
册府元龟
[冊府元龜]
- Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若／王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億／杨亿, 1000 scrolls
fènjīnguīzǐ
粪金龟子
[糞金龜子]
- dung beetle
suōtóuwūguī
缩头乌龟
[縮頭烏龜]
- a turtle that pulls its head in
- (fig.) coward
- chicken
guījiǎbǎoluó
龟甲宝螺
[龜甲寶螺]
- Mauritius cowry
- Mauritia mauritiana
Rěnzhě Shénguī
忍者神龟
[忍者神龜]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc
guīxiàobiēwúwěi
龟笑鳖无尾
[龜笑鱉無尾]
- lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
- fig. the pot calling the kettle black
lǎoshǔlāguī,wúcóngxiàshǒu
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
[老鼠拉龜，無從下手]
- like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
- no clue where to start