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guī = gu + ei1
tortoise / turtle
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How to pronounce 龟

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei1 final

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

龟 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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diàn = di + an4
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
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Characters with 龟 as component

jiū = ji + ou1
lots (to be drawn) / lot (in a game of chance)
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Words with 龟

tortoise / cuckold
turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
head of a turtle / glans penis

Sentences with 龟

yuán
lái
shì
guī
 
 
xiā
èr
jiàng

Want to remember 龟 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

guī

tortoise / turtle

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