金龜
Chinese
| metal; gold; money | tortoise; turtle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (金龜) | 金 | 龜 | |
| simp. (金龟) | 金 | 龟 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gam1 gwai1
- Eastern Min (BUC): gĭng-guŏi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-ku
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīnguī
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinguei
- Wade–Giles: chin1-kuei1
- Yale: jīn-gwēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinguei
- Palladius: цзиньгуй (czinʹguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 gwai1
- Yale: gām gwāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 gwai1
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 guei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
Noun
金龜
- golden turtle
- (literary) turtle-shaped handle on a golden seal, or the golden seal itself
- (literary, historical) golden turtle emblem worn by Tang Dynasty officials who were in the third rank or above
- (literary, figurative) adornments; embellishment; jewellery
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) scarab
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 金龜子 (“scarab”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 金龜子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 金殼郎, 黃馬褂兒 |
| Taiwan | 金龜子 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 金其亮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 金殼螂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 金殼亮 |
| Guiyang | 金貓貓 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 金各郎 |
| Yangzhou | 金媽媽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 金巴牛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 金龜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 金龜 |
| Quanzhou | 金龜 | |
| Yongchun | 金龜 | |
| Zhangzhou | 金龜 | |
| Taipei | 金龜, 筍龜 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 金龜, 腫米龜 | |
| Kaohsiung | 金龜 | |
| Yilan | 金龜, 筍龜 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 金龜 | |
| Taichung | 金龜 | |
| Tainan | 金龜, 鐵金龜 | |
| Hsinchu | 金龜 | |
| Kinmen | 金龜 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 金龜 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 金蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 金胡蟲 |
| Ningbo | 金蟲 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鳳鳳 |