龜板

See also: 龟板

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (龜板)		龜	板
simp. (龟板)		龟	板
alternative forms		龜版／龟版

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guībǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ baan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guībǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueibǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-pan³
    • Yale: gwēi-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueibaan
    • Palladius: гуйбань (gujbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ baan²
    • Yale: gwāi báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/

Noun

龜板

1. (chiefly traditional Chinese medicine) plastron of the fresh-water turtle

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
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	龜板
Southern Min	Xiamen	龜殼
	Quanzhou	龜殼
	Zhangzhou	龜殼
Wu	Shanghai	烏龜殼
	Suzhou	烏龜殼
	Hangzhou	烏龜殼