金錢龜 (gam1 cin4 gwai1) — Asian three-banded box terrapin in Cantonese

gamˉ¹金cinˎ₄錢gwaiˉ¹龜

简金钱龟

Mandarin Pinyin: jin1 qian2 gui1

Meaning of 金錢龜

nounAsian three-banded box terrapin

nounCuora trifasciata / golden coin turtle / Chinese three-striped box turtle, a species of turtle

zek˗₃隻gamˉ¹金cinˊ²錢gwaiˉ¹龜houˊ²好gwaaiˉ¹乖。

The money turtle is very well-behaved.

neiˏ₅你soengˊ²想joengˏ₅養gamˉ¹金cinˊ²錢gwaiˉ¹龜？

You want to raise a money turtle?

gamˉ¹金cinˊ²錢gwaiˉ¹龜jiu˗₃要saai˗₃曬taai˗₃太joengˎ₄陽。

Money turtles need to sunbathe.

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有zek˗₃隻gamˉ¹金cinˊ²錢gwaiˉ¹龜。

There's a money turtle here.

tiuˎ₄條jyuˎ₄魚houˊ²好ciˏ₅似gamˉ¹金cinˊ²錢gwaiˉ¹龜。

That fish looks like a money turtle.

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