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龟

Traditional (Taiwan): 龜

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

guī ㄍㄨㄟ

    • tortoise turtle
    • cuckold

      coll.

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read guī

In the same tone

  • 归 guī return
  • 规 guī compass
  • 硅 guī silicon
  • 瑰 guī (semiprecious stone)
  • 圭 guī sundial

All 18 words read guī

gui with other tones

  • 鬼 guǐ ghost
  • 贵 guì expensive
  • 跪 guì kneel
  • 桂 guì cassia
  • 佹 guǐ perverse

All 46 words read gui in any tone

How 龟 is written

    部首 radical
    龟
    笔画 strokes
    7
    结构 structure
    独体字

    龟 as a 部首

    龟 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 1 under 龟. Look a character up by the 龟 radical

    Words with 龟

    Starting with 龟

    • 龟兹 qiūcí Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang
    • 龟儿子 guīérzi bastard
    • 龟甲 guījiǎ tortoise shell
    • 龟头 guītóu glans penis
    • 龟裂 jūnliè crack

    All 23 words starting with 龟

    Ending with 龟

    • 乌龟 wūguī tortoise
    • 海龟 hǎiguī turtle
    • 金龟 jīnguī tortoise
    • 陆龟 lùguī tortoise
    • 忍者神龟 rěnzhěshénguī Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc

    All 15 words ending with 龟

    Containing 龟

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