烏龜
ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ
“tortoise; a slow-moving reptile with a hard shell; a cuckold; a derogatory term for a man whose wife is unfaithful; a cowardly or incompetent person; a brothel owner or male servant”
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- 烏克蘭ㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄢˊUkraine; a country in Eastern Europe on the Dnieper River, bordering the Black Sea and Sea of Azov; capital Kyiv.
- 烏來ㄨ ㄌㄞˊWulai, a township in New Taipei City, Taiwan; known for hot springs, waterfalls, and as an Atayal indigenous area.
- 烏鴉ㄨ ㄧㄚcrow; raven; a large black bird with a strong, straight beak, often found in cities and rural areas.
- 烏龍ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊblack dragon; a dog (archaic); a blunder; an unexpected mistake or mix-up.
- 龜山ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢGuishan, a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan; also the name of several mountains in mainland China.
- 海龜ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟsea turtle; a large marine reptile with flippers and a hard shell; found in tropical oceans; eats fish, shrimp, and seaweed
- 烏雲ㄨ ㄩㄣˊdark gray clouds; (figurative) a woman’s thick, dark hair
- 六龜ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄟLiugui; district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, situated in a hilly basin at the foot of the Central Mountain Range; known for Oolong tea cultivation and scenic areas such as Hongxiaoxi Butterfly Valley
- 烏托邦ㄨ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄤideal or perfect society; utopia; from Thomas More's 1516 book describing an ideal island nation; also refers to impractical or visionary schemes
- 烏魚子ㄨ ㄩˊ ㄗˇsalted and sun-dried mullet roe; a Taiwanese delicacy made from female mullet ovaries
- 烏魚ㄨ ㄩˊmullet; a fish of estuaries, farmed and caught wild; its cured roe is a Taiwanese delicacy
- 烏日ㄨ ㄖˋWuri; a district in western Taichung, Taiwan, located where the Dadu and Dali rivers meet; site of the Taichung HSR station.