"縮頭烏龜" meaning in Chinese

See 縮頭烏龜 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/, /so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/, /sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: suōtóu wūguī [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄙㄨㄛ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], so² tou² wu¹ gui¹ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], suk¹ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], suōtóu wūguī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄙㄨㄛ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo], suotóu wuguei [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], so¹-tʻou² wu¹-kuei¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], swō-tóu wū-gwēi [Mandarin, Yale], suotour uguei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сотоу угуй [Mandarin, Palladius], sotou uguj [Mandarin, Palladius], sotouwgui [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], sūk tàuh wū gwāi [Cantonese, Yale], suk⁷ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sug¹ teo⁴ wu¹ guei¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 缩头乌龟
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 縮頭烏龜
  1. (figurative) cowardly person; coward; ostrich Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-縮頭烏龜-zh-noun-VwuTZw4d Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 膽小鬼/胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ), 孱頭/孱头 (càntou), 懦夫 (nuòfū), 膽小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ), 胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ), 孱頭 (càntou), 孱头 (càntou), 孬火藥 [Sichuan], 孬火药 [Sichuan], 冇膽鬼 [Cantonese], 冇胆鬼 [Cantonese], 冇膽匪類, 冇胆匪类, 懾屎跤 [Hokkien], 慑屎跤 [Hokkien], 荏貨, 荏货, 統雞, 统鸡
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "turtle with its head in its shell",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "roman": "dǎnxiǎoguǐ",
          "word": "膽小鬼/胆小鬼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "càntou",
          "word": "孱頭/孱头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nuòfū",
          "word": "懦夫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dǎnxiǎoguǐ",
          "word": "膽小鬼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dǎnxiǎoguǐ",
          "word": "胆小鬼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "càntou",
          "word": "孱頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "càntou",
          "word": "孱头"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Sichuan"
          ],
          "word": "孬火藥"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Sichuan"
          ],
          "word": "孬火药"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "冇膽鬼"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "冇胆鬼"
        },
        {
          "word": "冇膽匪類"
        },
        {
          "word": "冇胆匪类"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "懾屎跤"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "慑屎跤"
        },
        {
          "word": "荏貨"
        },
        {
          "word": "荏货"
        },
        {
          "word": "統雞"
        },
        {
          "word": "统鸡"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suōtóu wūguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄨㄛ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so² tou² wu¹ gui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suk¹ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suōtóu wūguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄨㄛ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suotóu wuguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so¹-tʻou² wu¹-kuei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "swō-tóu wū-gwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suotour uguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сотоу угуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sotou uguj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sotouwgui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sūk tàuh wū gwāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suk⁷ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sug¹ teo⁴ wu¹ guei¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "縮頭烏龜"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "turtle with its head in its shell",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 縮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 龜",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sichuanese lemmas",
        "Sichuanese nouns",
        "zh:People"
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      "glosses": [
        "cowardly person; coward; ostrich"
      ],
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          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
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        [
          "person",
          "person"
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          "coward",
          "coward"
        ],
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          "ostrich"
        ]
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        "(figurative) cowardly person; coward; ostrich"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suōtóu wūguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄨㄛ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so² tou² wu¹ gui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suk¹ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suōtóu wūguī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄨㄛ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suotóu wuguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so¹-tʻou² wu¹-kuei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "swō-tóu wū-gwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suotour uguei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сотоу угуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sotou uguj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sotouwgui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sūk tàuh wū gwāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suk⁷ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sug¹ teo⁴ wu¹ guei¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dǎnxiǎoguǐ",
      "word": "膽小鬼/胆小鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "càntou",
      "word": "孱頭/孱头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuòfū",
      "word": "懦夫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎnxiǎoguǐ",
      "word": "膽小鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎnxiǎoguǐ",
      "word": "胆小鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "càntou",
      "word": "孱頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "càntou",
      "word": "孱头"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sichuan"
      ],
      "word": "孬火藥"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sichuan"
      ],
      "word": "孬火药"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "冇膽鬼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "冇胆鬼"
    },
    {
      "word": "冇膽匪類"
    },
    {
      "word": "冇胆匪类"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "懾屎跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "慑屎跤"
    },
    {
      "word": "荏貨"
    },
    {
      "word": "荏货"
    },
    {
      "word": "統雞"
    },
    {
      "word": "统鸡"
    }
  ],
  "word": "縮頭烏龜"
}

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