烏龜殼

烏龜殼

Chinese

		turtle; tortoise; someone in last place	shell
trad. (烏龜殼)		烏龜	殼
simp. (乌龟壳)		乌龟	壳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūguīké

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ gwai¹ hok³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'u¹ gui¹ koh⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): u jy khoq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūguīké
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ugueiker
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wugueiké
    • Wade–Giles: wu1-kuei1-kʻo2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ kweɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ gwai¹ hok³
    • Yale: wū gwāi hok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ gwai¹ hok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ guei¹ hog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːk̚³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'u¹ gui¹ koh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈu⁴² kui⁴² kʰɔʔ⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: u jy khoq (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̩ʷ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy³³ kʰʊʔ²¹/

Noun

烏龜殼

1. turtle shell

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龜甲, 龜板
Mandarin	Harbin	王八蓋子
	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
Min Dong	Fuzhou	龜板
Min Nan	Xiamen	龜殼
	Quanzhou	龜殼
	Zhangzhou	龜殼
Wu	Shanghai	烏龜殼
	Suzhou	烏龜殼
	Hangzhou	烏龜殼