HanTrace

乌龟

wū guī

“Tortoise” in Chinese is 乌龟 (wū guī).

Meaning

  • tortoise
  • cuckold

Example

给我买只乌龟吧,妈妈,求你给我买只乌龟吧!

Buy me a turtle, Mom, please buy me a turtle!

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

只
used for turtles
一只乌龟 (one turtle)

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