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乌龟 (wū guī) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

乌龟 (wū guī) is a Chinese word: turtle. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 乌龟

名 míng noun

turtle

这只乌龟爬得很慢。

zhè zhī wū guī pá de hěn màn

This turtle crawls very slowly.

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Word breakdown

乌 wū — black/dark (describing the color of the turtle's shell)

Words with this character (1)
  • 1 乌云 wū yún — dark cloud HSK 7
    Example

    天空中出现了乌云，马上就要下雨了。

    tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn le wū yún mǎ shàng jiù yào xià yǔ le

    Dark clouds appeared in the sky, it's going to rain soon.

龟 guī — turtle/tortoise (the base animal)

Structure & writing
1 乌 wū — black
乌 is a component in 1 characters
HSK 7
呜 wū onomatopoeia for wind, whistles, crying, etc.

乌 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 龟 guī — turtle; tortoise (reptile with a hard shell, short limbs, and retractable head and limbs)

龟 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 ⺈ xiàng — knife/blade radical
⺈ is a component in 8 characters
HSK 2
色 sè color; visual impression produced by light emitted or reflected from objects
HSK 3
角 jiǎo horn (hard growth on an animal's head, typically long, curved, and pointed)
HSK 4
免 miǎn to remove; to eliminate 危 wēi unsafe, dangerous (opposite of 安) 尔 ěr (lit.) you (second-person pronoun) 象 xiàng elephant (the large mammal) 负 fù to carry on one's back
HSK 6
龟 guī turtle; tortoise (reptile with a hard shell, short limbs, and retractable head and limbs)
2.2 电 diàn — electricity (a form of energy capable of powering lights, machinery, etc.)
电 is a component in 1 characters
HSK 6
龟 guī turtle; tortoise (reptile with a hard shell, short limbs, and retractable head and limbs)

Stroke order