縮頭烏龜

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	head; (noun suffix)	turtle; tortoise; Mauremys reevesii
trad. (縮頭烏龜)		縮	頭	烏龜
simp. (缩头乌龟)		缩	头	乌龟
Literally: “turtle with its head in its shell”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): suōtóu wūguī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄍㄨㄟ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so² tou² wu¹ gui¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suōtóu wūguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suotóu wuguei
  - Wade–Giles: so¹-tʻou² wu¹-kuei¹
  - Yale: swō-tóu wū-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suotour uguei
  - Palladius: сотоу угуй (sotou uguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: so² tou² wu¹ gui¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sotouwgui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so²¹ tʰəu²¹ vu⁵⁵ kuei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹
  - Yale: sūk tàuh wū gwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ teo⁴ wu¹ guei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

縮頭烏龜

(figurative) cowardly person; coward; ostrich

Synonyms

膽小鬼／胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ)
孱頭／孱头 (càntou)
懦夫 (nuòfū)
(Sichuan) 孬火藥／孬火药
(Cantonese) 冇膽鬼／冇胆鬼, 冇膽匪類／冇胆匪类
(Hokkien) 懾屎跤／慑屎跤, 荏貨／荏货, 統雞／统鸡

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