鼍更 tuógēng to beat the watches Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 鼍 鼉 tuó Chinese alligator (bound form) Chinese alligator; a small alligator native to the Yangtze River valley in China, also known as 扬子鳄 yángzǐ'è or 猪婆龙 zhūpólóng更 gēng noun night watch one of the five two-hour periods of the night into which the night was formerly divided