金龜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ gwai¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gĭng-guŏi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-ku

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• 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/
• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭng-guŏi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ku
    • Tâi-lô: kim-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimkw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ku³³/

Noun

金龜

1. golden turtle
2. (literary) turtle-shaped handle on a golden seal, or the golden seal itself
3. (literary, historical) golden turtle emblem worn by Tang Dynasty officials who were in the third rank or above
4. (literary, figurative) adornments; embellishment; jewellery
5. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) scarab

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Derived terms

• 糞金龜／粪金龟 (fènjīnguī)
• 踅金龜／踅金龟
• 踅金龜遨／踅金龟遨
• 金龜婿／金龟婿 (jīnguīxù)
• 金龜子／金龟子 (jīnguīzǐ)
• 金龜換酒／金龟换酒
• 金龜樹／金龟树
• 金龜綠／金龟绿
• 金龜豆／金龟豆
• 金龜車／金龟车 (Jīnguīchē)
• 釣金龜／钓金龟