龜甲
Chinese
| tortoise; turtle | 1st heavenly stem; armour; shell | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龜甲) | 龜 | 甲 | |
| simp. (龟甲) | 龟 | 甲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guījiǎ
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gueijiǎ
- Wade–Giles: kuei1-chia3
- Yale: gwēi-jyǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueijea
- Palladius: гуйцзя (gujczja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai1 gaap3
- Yale: gwāi gaap
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai1 gaap8
- Guangdong Romanization: guei1 gab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
Noun
龜甲
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 龜甲 (“tortoise shell”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 龜甲, 龜板 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 王八蓋子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 烏龜殼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 龜殼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 烏龜殼 |
| Lichuan | 烏龜殼 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 龜殼 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 龜殼 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 龜殼 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 龜殼 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 龜殼 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 龜殼 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 龜殼 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 王八蓋兒, 龜甲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 龜板 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 龜殼 |
| Quanzhou | 龜殼 | |
| Zhangzhou | 龜殼 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 龜殼 |
| Xianyou | 龜殼 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 烏龜殼 |
| Suzhou | 烏龜殼 | |
| Hangzhou | 烏龜殼 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 龜 | 甲 |
| き > きっ Hyōgai |
こう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 龜甲 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 龜甲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |