龜
通常用嚟形容識郁嘅野郁得慢，帶貶義 (slow, with derogatory sense)
語素Examples
slow as a turtle
有時會指人地遲大到 (sometimes means one being late)
動詞Examples
你終於龜到過嚟嗱？個party已經開始咗成個鐘。
nei5 zung1 jyu1 gwai1 dou3 gwo3 lai4 laa4? go3 paa1 ti4 ji5 ging1 hoi1 ci2 zo2 seng4 go3 zung1.
You've finally made it here, turtle? The party has already been going on for an hour.
指#龜縮、畏縮、裹足不前 (being cowardly, to hide in a shelter or at the back, refuse to come out or advance due to fear of something)
Examples
個個龜晒响後便，邊個頂線呀，噉打法想唔輸就難。
go3 go3 gwai1 saai3 hoeng2 hau6 bin6, bin1 go3 ding2 sin3 aa3, gam2 daa2 faat3 soeng2 m4 syu1 zau6 naan4.
Everyone is hiding in the back; no one dares to hold the frontier. If we keep playing like this, we will surely lose.
通常用嚟形容識郁嘅野郁得慢，帶貶義 (slow, with derogatory sense)
語素Examples
slow as a turtle
有時會指人地遲大到 (sometimes means one being late)
動詞Examples
你終於龜到過嚟嗱？個party已經開始咗成個鐘。
nei5 zung1 jyu1 gwai1 dou3 gwo3 lai4 laa4? go3 paa1 ti4 ji5 ging1 hoi1 ci2 zo2 seng4 go3 zung1.
You've finally made it here, turtle? The party has already been going on for an hour.
指#龜縮、畏縮、裹足不前 (being cowardly, to hide in a shelter or at the back, refuse to come out or advance due to fear of something)
Examples
個個龜晒响後便，邊個頂線呀，噉打法想唔輸就難。
go3 go3 gwai1 saai3 hoeng2 hau6 bin6, bin1 go3 ding2 sin3 aa3, gam2 daa2 faat3 soeng2 m4 syu1 zau6 naan4.
Everyone is hiding in the back; no one dares to hold the frontier. If we keep playing like this, we will surely lose.
turtle; tortoise (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
Examples
何謂四靈？麟鳳龜龍，謂之四靈。
What are the four numinous animals? The lin, the feng, the tortoise, and the dragon; those are called the four numinous animals.
cuckold
signature (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
Examples
畫隻龜
(humorous) to sign
police
only used in 龜茲／龟兹 (Qiūcí)
to crack; to become chapped
Examples
宋人有善為不龜手之藥者，世世以洴澼絖為事。
There was a man of Song who was skilful at making a salve for chapped hands; and (his family) for generations had made the bleaching of cocoon-silk their business.
Original phonetic: gau1; gwai1; gwan1
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