草龜

See also: 草龟

Chinese

		common; ordinary	tortoise; turtle
trad. (草龜)		草	龜
simp. (草龟)		草	龟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoguī

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): cao³ gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoguei
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kuei¹
  - Yale: tsǎu-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoguei
  - Palladius: цаогуй (caoguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cao³ gu¹ [Phonetic: cao⁵ gu¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau³³²⁻²¹ ku⁵⁴⁴/

Noun

草龜

Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
(Xianyou Puxian Min) dark green tortoise-shaped Qingming offering
Synonym: 清明龜 / 清明龟 (Puxian Min)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “草龟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 78.