烏龜

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Chinese

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a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 
tortoise; turtle
trad. (烏龜)
simp. (乌龟)
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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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烏龜

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

Synonyms

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  • (turtle):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Lisu: ꓪꓴꓺ ꓗꓴꓲꓺ (wu̱ ku̱j)

See also

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