龜甲

See also: 亀甲 and 龟甲

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
trad. (龜甲)		龜	甲
simp. (龟甲)		龟	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guījiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ gaap³
• Jin (Wiktionary): gui¹ jiah⁴

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gui¹ jiah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuei¹¹ t͡ɕiaʔ²/

Noun

龜甲

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

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.

【亀甲きっこう】 [noun] tortoise shell

(This term, 龜甲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)