金龜

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	tortoise; turtle
trad. (金龜)		金	龜
simp. (金龟)		金	龟

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinguei
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-kuei¹
  - Yale: jīn-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinguei
  - Palladius: цзиньгуй (czinʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kweɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ gwai¹
  - Yale: gām gwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ gwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ guei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭng-guŏi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋui⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ku
  - Tâi-lô: kim-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimkw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ku³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/

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, figuratively) adornments; embellishment; jewellery
(Min Dong, Min Nan) scarab

Dialectal synonyms of 金龜子 (“scarab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		金龜子
Mandarin	Beijing	金殼郎
	Taiwan	金龜子
	Yantai (Muping)	金其亮
	Wuhan	金殼亮
	Guiyang	金貓貓
	Xuzhou	金殼螂
	Yangzhou	金媽媽
	Nanjing	金各郎
Jin	Taiyuan	金巴牛
Min Dong	Fuzhou	金龜
Min Nan	Xiamen	金龜
	Quanzhou	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
Wu	Ningbo	金蟲
Xiang	Changsha	鳳鳳