龜兆

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	omen; million; million million, trillion
trad. (龜兆)		龜	兆
simp. (龟兆)		龟	兆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueijhào
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-chao⁴
    • Yale: gwēi-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueijaw
    • Palladius: гуйчжао (gujčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

龜兆

Writing and cracks on a Shang-era tortoise plastron

1. (historical) cracks formed on heated tortoise plastrons, used in divination