龟

guī · gui/qiū · qiu/jūn · jun

Traditional 龜

Meaning

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guī 龜

  1. tortoise; turtle
  2. (coll.) cuckold

qiū 龜

  1. used in 龜茲 / 龟兹 (Qiū cí)

jūn 龜

  1. variant of 皸 / 皲 (jūn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)块(kuài)龟(guī)腹(fù)甲(jiǎ)的(de)甲(jiǎ)桥(qiáo)上(shàng)有(yǒu)三(sān)个(gè)字(zì)的(de)刻(kè)辞(cí)。

There are three words engraved on the bridge of the plastron of this turtle.

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02

那(nà)只(zhī)龟(guī)在(zài)池(chí)塘(táng)边(biān)慢(màn)慢(màn)地(de)爬(pá)行(xíng)。

That turtle crawled slowly by the pond.

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