# 烏龜
## Chinese

* 烏龜

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wūguī
       (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu$^1$ gui$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^1$ gwai$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'u$^1$ gui$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vu$^1$ gui$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vu$^1$ gui$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ú-gṳ́
* Eastern Min (BUC): ŭ-gŭi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ou$^1$ gu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-ku / o͘-kui
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$u-ciu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u$^1$ guei$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wūguī
*** Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wuguei
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^1$-kuei$^1$
*** Yale: wū-gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uguei
*** Palladius: угуй (uguj)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wu$^1$ gui$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ugui
*** Sinological IPA : /vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^1$ gwai$^1$
*** Yale: wū gwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^1$ gwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^1$ guei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'u$^1$ gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈu⁴² kui⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vu$^1$ gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴ kuɪ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^1$ gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹ kuei¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ú-gṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁴ ky⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭ-gŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$ui⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ou$^1$ gu$^1$ [Phonetic: ou$^5$ gu$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔu⁵³³⁻²¹ ku⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ku
*** Tâi-lô: oo-ku
*** Phofsit Daibuun: o'kw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ ku³³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Yongchun, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-kui
*** Tâi-lô: oo-kui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: o'kuy
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Singapore): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kui³³/
* o͘-ku - vernacular (“turtle; someone in last place”);
* o͘-kui - literary (“sex-related senses and “incompetent person”;
* turtle (Yongchun)”).

### Noun

烏龜
* turtle; tortoise
* (zoology) Mauremys reevesii
* (Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien, figurative) someone in last place
* (derogatory) cuckold
* (derogatory) incompetent, irresponsible person
* (literary, Singapore, Penang, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) male owner of a brothel
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) benefiter from the prostitution of his wife and daughters

#### Synonyms

* (turtle):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 龜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 烏龜, 王八 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 烏龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 烏龜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 龜子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 烏龜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鱉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 烏龜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 烏龜, 龜, 王八 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鱉蓋, 鱉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 烏龜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 龜, 烏龜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 烏龜, 四腳爬, 爬爬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 烏龜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 烏龜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 烏龜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 烏龜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 王八 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 昂龜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 爬龜 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 龜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 龜, เต่า |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 烏龜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 烏龜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 烏龜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 烏龜, 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 龜 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 烏龜, 龜仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 烏龜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 龜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 烏龜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 烏龜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 王八, 烏龜, 龜 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 鱉疙瘩 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 烏龜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 烏龜 |
| Jin | Jining | 烏龜 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 王八 |
| Jin | Baotou | 烏龜 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 王八 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 王八 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 烏龜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 龜, 烏龜 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 烏龜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 龜, 烏龜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 龜, 烏龜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 烏龜 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 烏龜 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 烏龜 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 龜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 龜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 烏龜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 烏龜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 烏龜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 烏龜, 龜 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 烏龜 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 烏龜, 王八 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 烏龜, 十三塊六角 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 烏龜, 王八八, 王八 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 烏龜, 王八 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 烏龜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 烏龜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 烏龜, 王八 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 烏龜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 烏龜 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 烏龜 |
* (cuckold): 王八 (wángba)
* (male owner of a brothel): (Hokkien) 烏龜頭／乌龟头

#### Derived terms

* 憂鬱的臺灣烏龜 / 忧郁的台湾乌龟 (yōuyù de Táiwān wūguī)
* 烏龜亡八 / 乌龟亡八
* 烏龜仔 / 乌龟仔
* 烏龜報 / 乌龟报
* 烏龜婆 / 乌龟婆
* 烏龜頭 / 乌龟头
* 爛板烏龜 / 烂板乌龟
* 痴烏龜 / 痴乌龟
* 縮頭烏龜 / 缩头乌龟 (suōtóu wūguī)

#### Descendants

* → Lisu: ꓪꓴꓺ ꓗꓴꓲꓺ (wu̱ ku̱j)

#### See also

* 綠帽子／绿帽子 (lǜmàozi), 綠帽／绿帽 (lǜmào)