王八盒子

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle; cuckold	box; case
trad. (王八盒子)		王八	盒子
simp. #(王八盒子)		王八	盒子

Etymology

From the distinctive holster of Nambu pistol, which is similar to tortoise's shell.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángba hézi, wángbā hézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángba hézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángbå hézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-pa⁵ ho²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: wáng-ba hé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangba her.tzy
    • Palladius: ванба хэцзы (vanba xɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ b̥ä³ xɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángbā hézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángba hézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-pa¹ ho²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: wáng-bā hé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangba her.tzy
    • Palladius: ванба хэцзы (vanba xɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

王八盒子

1. (historical, colloquial) the Nambu pistol