守宮

See also: 守宫

Chinese

		to guard	palace
trad. (守宮)		守	宮
simp. (守宫)		守	宫

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壁虎

Wikipedia ^zh

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒugōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒugōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒugong
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-kung¹
  - Yale: shǒu-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoougong
  - Palladius: шоугун (šougun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    守宮 / 守宫
    手工
    首功
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau² gung¹
  - Yale: sáu gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    守宮 / 守宫
    手工
    首功
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: siú-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'kiofng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

守宮

gecko

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝘蜓, 守宮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壁虎
Taxonomic name		壁虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子
	Taiwan	壁虎, 守宮
	Chengde	蠍虎子
	Chifeng	壁虎
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蠍拉虎子
	Heihe	蠍虎子
	Harbin	蠍虎子, 爬牆虎兒
	Jiamusi	爬牆虎兒
	Changchun	馬蛇子
	Tonghua	馬蛇子
	Shenyang	馬蛇子, 蠍虎子, 蠍虎
	Jinzhou	蠍虎子
	Malaysia	壁虎
	Singapore	壁虎
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蠍拉虎子
	Tangshan	蠍虎魯子
	Cangzhou	射戶柳子
	Baoding	蠍拉虎子
	Shijiazhuang	蠍拉虎子
	Lijin	蠍壁虎子
	Jinan	蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	壁虎
	Dandong	蠍子
	Yantai	蠍虎子
	Yantai (Muping)	蠍虎子
	Qingdao	蠍虎子
	Zhucheng	蠍虎子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠍虎
	Lingbao	蠍虎兒, 蠍葫蘆
	Jining	蠍虎子
	Wanrong	蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蛇兒子
	Linfen	蠍虎
	Shangqiu	壁虎, 蠍虎子, 爬牆虎兒
	Yuanyang	壁虎, 蠍虎
	Zhengzhou	蠍虎
	Xinyang	蠍子虎, 爬牆虎
	Baihe	蠍虎子
	Xi'an	蠍虎, 蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
	Baoji	蠍虎
	Tianshui	蠍虎
	Xining	麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
	Dunhuang (Hedong dialect)	馬蛇鼠
	Xuzhou	蠍虎子, 守宮
	Pizhou	蠍虎子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	蠍虎子
	Donghai	蠍虎子
	Fuyang	壁虎, 蠍虎子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	壁虎
	Lanzhou	蠍虎
	Hami	馬蛇鼠, 沙螞老鼠子
	Ürümqi	蠍虎
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
	Nanchong	爬壁虎
	Dazhou	四腳蛇
	Hanyuan	壁虎子
	Xichang	壁虎, 四腳蛇, 燕壁虎兒
	Zigong	爬壁虎兒
	Chongqing	四腳蛇, 爬壁虎兒
	Wuhan	壁虎子, 壁虎
	Yichang	壁虎
	Xiangyang	壁虎, 壁鼠
	Tianmen	壁蛇子
	Guiyang	巴壁虎
	Zunyi	四腳蛇
	Bijie	壁虎
	Liping	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Zhaotong	爬牆虎
	Dali	壁虎
	Kunming	壁虎
	Mengzi	壁猴
	Guilin	壁虎
	Liuzhou	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Jishou	壁老鼠兒
	Changde	壁虎兒
	Hanzhong	壁虎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	壁虎
	Yangzhou	壁虎子
	Baoying	壁虎子
	Taizhou	壁虎子
	Zhenjiang	壁虎兒
	Lianyungang	蠍虎子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	蠍虎子
	Lianshui	壁虎子
	Xuyi	蠍虎
	Nantong	壁虎子
	Yancheng	壁虎蛇
	Funing	壁虎蛇
	Sihong	壁虎, 蠍虎子
	Anqing	壁虎兒
	Wuhu	壁虎子, 四腳蛇兒
	Hefei	蠍虎子, 四腳蛇, 壁虎
	Huanggang	壁虎兒
	Hong'an	閣蟻, 豬爬蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	檐蛇
	Hong Kong	檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	壁蛇仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	壁蛇仔
	Macau	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	偷鹽蛇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	檐蛇
	Foshan	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shunde)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	舔鹽蛇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠅虎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	檐蛇
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	偷鹽蛇
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	四腳蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	偷鹽蛇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	四腳蛇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	四腳蛇
	Taishan	四腳蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	四腳蛇
	Enping (Niujiang)	檐蛇
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠄虎
	Dongguan	檐蛇, 炮公魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百公蛇
	Shaoguan	檐蛇
	Yunfu	偷鹽蛇
	Yangjiang	檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
	Xinyi	偷鹽蛇
	Lianjiang	偷鹽蛇
	Nanning	檐蛇
	Wuzhou	檐蛇
	Yulin	草檐鼠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Penang (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	檐蛇
Gan	Nanchang	壁蛇子, 壁蛇
	Lichuan	壁虎
	Pingxiang	蜘虎
Hakka	Meixian	檐蛇仔, 檐蛇
	Xingning	壁蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	檐蛇
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	壁蛇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	壁蛇
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	檐蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	四腳蛇
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗嫲臊
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	檐蛇
	Changting	螭虎
	Wuping	壁虎
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	壁虎
	Wuping (Pingyu)	壁蛇子
	Liancheng	壁虎子
	Ninghua	壁虎子
	Yudu	壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子
	Ruijin	壁蛇子
	Shicheng	伏壁, 狗婆蛇
	Shangyou (Shexi)	壁蛇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	壁蛇
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	檐蛇仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	檐蛇仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壁蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壁蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壁蛇
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	壁蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
	Hong Kong	壁蛇
	Sabah (Longchuan)	壁蛇
	Senai (Huiyang)	壁蛇
	Kuching (Hepo)	檐蛇
	Singkawang	檐蛇
Huizhou	Jixi	壁虎
	Shexian	壁壁虎
	Wuyuan	壁虎
	Fuliang	壁虎哩
	Dexing	壁虎
Jin	Taiyuan	蠍虎兒
	Pingyao	蠍虎兒
	Yangyuan	壁虎
	Datong	壁虎兒
	Xinzhou	蠍虎兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蠍虎兒
	Changzhi	蠍虎
	Linhe	蠍虎子
	Jining	壁虎
	Hohhot	壁虎
	Pingshan	蠍虎兒
	Zhangjiakou	壁虎, 蠍拉虎子
	Handan	壁虎子
	Linzhou	蠍虎哦
	Suide	蠍虎兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壁哩蜥
	Songxi	厝貼
	Zhenghe	厝鐵
	Jianyang	木客仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𧕇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	五爪龍
	Fuqing	𧕇
	Yongtai	檐鼠
	Gutian	𧕇
	Fu'an	牆魚
	Ningde	𧕇虎
	Shouning	牆魚
	Zhouning	杜靛
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟮蟲
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蟮蟲
	Quanzhou	蟮蟲
	Jinjiang	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蟮蟲
	Zhao'an	蟮蟲
	Taipei	蟮蟲仔, 守宮
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蟮蟲仔
	Kaohsiung	蟮蟲
	Yilan	蟮蟲, 壁虎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蟮蟲
	Taichung	蟮蟲仔
	Tainan	蟮蟲仔
	Hsinchu	蟮蟲
	Miaoli (Houlong)	蟮蟲仔
	Kinmen	蟮蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	蟮蟲
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟮蟲, cicak
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Manila (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	檐蛇
	Pingnan (Sijie)	檐蛇
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	檐蛇, 壁虎
	Yingde (Yuzui)	檐蛇
	Yunan (Liantan)	偷鹽蛇
	Chaozhou	檐龍
	Shantou	檐龍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	檐龍
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蟮蟲
	Jieyang	檐龍, 胡蠅虎
	Puning	檐龍, 神龍
	Haifeng	檐蛇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	檐龍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	檐龍
	Singapore (Teochew)	檐龍
	Pontianak (Teochew)	檐龍
	Leizhou	孫龍
	Wenchang	神郎
	Haikou	龍船
	Singapore (Hainanese)	神郎
Puxian Min	Putian	爬豆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	檐蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	檐蛇子
Wu	Shanghai	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	壁虎
	Suzhou	壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
	Wuxi	壁虎
	Changshu	壁虎
	Nantong (Haimen)	壁虎
	Changzhou	壁虎
	Danyang	壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	四腳蛇
	Hangzhou	壁虎兒, 壁虎
	Ningbo	壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
	Wenzhou	五爪龍, 白蟻龍
	Jinhua	蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
Xiang	Changsha	壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
	Shuangfeng	痴虎, 壁虎子
	Hengyang	西虎
	Quanzhou	壁虎

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (守宮):

→ Japanese: 守(しゅ)宮(きゅう) (shukyū)
→ Korean: 수궁(守宮) (sugung)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
守	宮
Grade: 3	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spelling
家守

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “An example of jukujikun? Since 家守(やもり) (yamori) means "guarding a house" and is kun'yomi; compare with 不知火(しらぬい) (shiranui) and 井守(いもり) (imori)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ja̠mo̞ɾʲi]
(Tokyo) やもり [yáꜜmòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]

Noun

守宮(やもり) or 守宮(ヤモリ) • (yamori)

a gecko

Derived terms

トッケイ守宮(ヤモリ) (tokkei yamori)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
守	宮
しゅ Grade: 3	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Chinese, but which variety?”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕɨkʲɨː]
(Tokyo) しゅきゅう [shùkyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]

Noun

守(しゅ)宮(きゅう) • (shukyū)

a gecko

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“〈守宮〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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