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
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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. (Southern Min) scarab