龜殼

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	shell
trad. (龜殼)		龜	殼
simp. (龟壳)		龟	壳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīké

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ hok³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûi-hok

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gui¹ hog⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-khak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīké
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueiké
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-kʻo²
    • Yale: gwēi-ké
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueiker
    • Palladius: гуйкэ (gujkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ hok³
    • Yale: gwāi hok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ hok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ hog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-hok
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui^ˊ hog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui¹ hog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴ hok̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gui¹ hog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kuɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hɔk̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-khak
    • Tâi-lô: ku-khak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'qag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ kʰak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰak̚³²/

Noun

龜殼

1. tortoise shell

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龜甲 (“tortoise shell”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Wu	Shanghai	烏龜殼
	Suzhou	烏龜殼
	Hangzhou	烏龜殼

Derived terms

• 龜殼花 / 龟壳花 (guīkéhuā)