龜縮

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (龜縮)		龜	縮
simp. (龟缩)		龟	缩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guīsuō

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ suk¹
Min Nan (POJ): kui-siok / sui-sok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guīsuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄙㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueisuo
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: gwai¹ suk¹
  - Yale: gwāi sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ sug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    歸宿／归宿
    龜縮／龟缩
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-siok
  - Tâi-lô: kui-siok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuisiog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ ɕiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui-sok
  - Tâi-lô: sui-sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suisog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/

Verb

龜縮

to huddle up like a turtle drawing in its head and legs; to withdraw into passive defense; to hole up

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