龟

Tortoise in Chinese: 龟 (guī)

guī

tortoise

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 龜1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1tortoise
  2. 2turtle

Stroke order

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龟

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄟ

guī

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

龟

Simplified

龜

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这只小龟已经养了好几年了。

    zhè zhī xiǎo guī yǐ jīng yǎng le hǎo jǐ nián le。

    This little turtle has been kept for several years now.

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Related words

规格

guī gé

standard

闺女

guī ˙nü

maiden

瑰宝

guī bǎo

gem

轨迹

guǐ jì

locus

贵宾

guì bīn

honored guest

贵重

guì zhòng

precious

贵族

guì zú

lord

桂花

guì huā

osmanthus flowers

滚动

gǔn dòng

to roll

棍

gùn

stick

棍子

gùn zi

stick

国宝

guó bǎo

national treasure

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