龜縮

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (龜縮)		龜	縮
simp. (龟缩)		龟	缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīsuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ suk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-siok / sui-sok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīsuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueisuo
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-so¹
    • Yale: gwēi-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueisuo
    • Palladius: гуйсо (gujso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ suk¹
    • Yale: gwāi sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 歸宿／归宿 龜縮／龟缩

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-siok
    • Tâi-lô: kui-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuisiog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ siɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui-sok
    • Tâi-lô: sui-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suisog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/

Verb

龜縮

1. to huddle up like a turtle drawing in its head and legs; to withdraw into passive defense; to hole up