龜殼花

Chinese

		tortoise shell	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (龜殼花)		龜殼	花
simp. (龟壳花)		龟壳	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīkéhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ hok³ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi-hok-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-khak-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīkéhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueikéhua
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-kʻo²-hua¹
    • Yale: gwēi-ké-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueikerhua
    • Palladius: гуйкэхуа (gujkɛxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ hok³ faa¹
    • Yale: gwāi hok fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ hok⁸ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ hog³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːk̚³ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-hok-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui´ hog` fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui¹ hog⁵ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴ hok̚² fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-khak-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: ku-khak-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'qakhoef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

龜殼花

1. Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

Synonyms

• (taxonomic) 原矛頭蝮／原矛头蝮 (yuánmáotóufù)