Turtle in Chinese (Mandarin): 乌龟 (wūguī)
乌龟
wūguī
turtle
- Simplified
- 乌龟
- Traditional
- 烏龜
- Pinyin
- wūguī
- Typed as
- wugui
Use it in a sentence
乌龟走得很慢。
烏龜走得很慢。
The turtle walks very slowly.
The characters in 乌龟
乌 / 烏
Black; also a crow.
4 strokes
龟 / 龜
Turtle. It began as a drawing of a turtle.
7 strokes
乌龟 is the "black turtle". Turtles live a long time, so they stand for a long life.
More examples with 乌龟
乌龟有硬硬的壳。
烏龜有硬硬的殼。
Wūguī yǒu yìngyìng de ké.
The turtle has a hard shell.
乌龟在晒太阳。
烏龜在曬太陽。
Wūguī zài shài tàiyáng.
The turtle is sunbathing.
How to write 乌龟 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
乌 4 strokes
龟 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
烏 10 strokes
龜 18 strokes
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