白烏龜

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	turtle; tortoise; Mauremys reevesii
trad. (白烏龜)		白	烏龜
simp. (白乌龟)		白	乌龟

Etymology

The usual word 鵝／鹅 (ngu, “goose”) is homophonic with 我 (ngu, “I”) in Northern Wu, and is thus avoided in speech. For example, “kill a goose” and “kill me” sound identical.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸baq-u-ciu

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-u-ciu
    • MiniDict: bah^入 u ciu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-u-jy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ u²² t͡ɕy²³/

Noun

白烏龜

1. (Northern Wu) (white) goose

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鵝 (“domestic goose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鵝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鵝
Mandarin	Beijing	鵝
	Taiwan	鵝
	Chifeng	鵝子
	Harbin	鵝, 鵝子
	Shenyang	鵝
	Yantai (Muping)	鵝
	Jinan	鵝
	Luoyang	鵝
	Zhengzhou	鵝
	Xi'an	鵝
	Yinchuan	鵝
	Lanzhou	鵝
	Xining	鵝
	Ürümqi	鵝
	Wuhan	鵝
	Chengdu	鵝, 鵝兒
	Guiyang	鵝
	Kunming	鵝
	Liuzhou	鵝
	Xuzhou	鵝
	Yangzhou	鵝, 鵝子
	Nanjing	鵝
	Hefei	鵝
	Nantong	鵝兒
	Singapore	鵝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鵝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鵝
	Hong Kong	鵝
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鵝
	Macau	鵝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鵝
	Foshan	鵝
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鵝
	Foshan (Shunde)	鵝
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鵝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鵝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鵝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鵝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鵝
	Taishan	鵝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鵝
	Enping (Niujiang)	鵝
	Heshan (Yayao)	鵝
	Dongguan	鵝
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鵝
	Shaoguan	鵝
	Yunfu	鵝
	Yangjiang	鵝
	Xinyi	鵝
	Lianjiang	鵝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鵝
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鵝
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鵝
Gan	Nanchang	鵝
	Lichuan	草鴨
	Pingxiang	鵝
Hakka	Meixian	鵝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鵝
	Huidong (Daling)	鵝
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鵝
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鵝
	Conghua (Lütian)	鵝
	Yudu	鵝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鵝仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鵝仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鵝仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鵝
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鵝仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鵝
	Hong Kong	鵝
	Senai (Huiyang)	鵝
	Singkawang	鵝
Huizhou	Jixi	鵝
Jin	Taiyuan	鵝
	Pingyao	鵝
	Xinzhou	鵝
	Hohhot	鵝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鵝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鵝
	Fuqing	家鵝, 鵝
	Matsu	鵝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鵝
	Quanzhou	鵝
	Jinjiang	鵝
	Taipei	鵝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鵝
	Kaohsiung	鵝仔
	Yilan	鵝仔
	Kinmen	鵝
	Penghu (Magong)	鵝
	Penang (Hokkien)	鵝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鵝
	Manila (Hokkien)	鵝
	Chaozhou	鵝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鵝
	Singapore (Teochew)	鵝
	Leizhou	鵝
	Haikou	鵝
Puxian Min	Putian	鵝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鵝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鵝
Shehua	Fu'an	鵝
	Fuding	赤鵝
	Luoyuan	赤鵝
	Sanming	鵝
	Shunchang	赤鵝
	Guixi (Zhangping)	鵝
	Cangnan	赤鵝
	Jingning	赤鵝
	Lishui	赤鵝
	Longyou	赤鵝
	Chaozhou	鵝
	Fengshun	鵝
Wu	Shanghai	鵝, 白烏龜, 戇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鵝, 白烏龜
	Suzhou	鵝, 白烏龜
	Wuxi	戇鵝, 高頭
	Danyang	鵝, 白烏龜
	Hangzhou	鵝
	Ningbo	鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish
	Wenzhou	雁鵝, 鵝
	Jinhua	鵝
Xiang	Changsha	鵝
	Loudi	鵝
	Shuangfeng	鵝