龟 meaning in English

guī

tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 龜7 strokes

Meaning of 龟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guī
  1. tortoise; turtle
  2. (coll.) cuckold
jūn
  1. variant of 皸|皲[jun1]
qiū
  1. used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]

龟 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè只zhǐ乌wū龟guī很hěn老lǎo了le。
This turtle is really old.
乌wū龟guī没méi有yǒu牙yá齿chǐ。
Turtles don't have teeth.
乌wū龟guī死sǐ了le。
The turtle died.
给gěi我wǒ买mǎi只zhǐ乌wū龟guī吧ba,妈mā妈mā,求qiú你nǐ给gěi我wǒ买mǎi只zhǐ乌wū龟guī吧ba!
Buy me a turtle, Mom, please buy me a turtle!
海hǎi龟guī下xià蛋dàn。
Turtles lay eggs.

Stroke order for each character

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龟 guī · tortoise · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 龟.

乌龟wūguītortoise; cuckold
海龟hǎiguīturtle; Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
龟儿子guī'érzi(coll.) bastard; son of a bitch

Questions about 龟

What does 龟 mean?

龟 (guī) means "tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 龟?

龟 is made of 1 character: 龟 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 龟 an HSK word?

Yes. 龟 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 龟 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 龟 is written 龜.