tortoise, turtle
→
cuckold, deceived husband
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme | gwai1 (龜) | |
| meaning 1 | tortoise, turtle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cuckold | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | guī (龟, 龜) | |
| meaning 1 | tortoise, turtle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figurativeky, insulting) cuckold | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||