烏龜

See also: 乌龟

Chinese

 
a crow; black; not; empty; void
tortoise; turtle
trad. (烏龜)
simp. (乌龟)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • o͘-ku - vernacular (“turtle; someone in last place”);
  • o͘-kui - literary (sex-related senses and “incompetent person”).

Noun

烏龜

  1. turtle; tortoise
  2. (Quanzhou Min Nan, figuratively) someone in last place
  3. (derogatory) cuckold
  4. (derogatory) incompetent, irresponsible person
  5. male owner of a brothel
  6. (Taiwanese Min Nan) benefiter from the prostitution of his wife and daughters

Derived terms

  • 烏龜亡八乌龟亡八
  • 爛板烏龜烂板乌龟
  • 痴烏龜痴乌龟
  • 縮頭烏龜缩头乌龟
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