王八蓋兒

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle; cuckold	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (王八蓋兒)		王八	蓋	兒
simp. (王八盖儿)		王八	盖	儿

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): von¹ bah⁴ gair³

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: von¹ bah⁴ gair³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /vɒ̃¹¹ paʔ² kɐɻ⁴⁵/

Noun

王八蓋兒

1. (Jin) tortoise shell

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龜甲 (“tortoise shell”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龜甲, 龜板
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	王八蓋子
Jianghuai Mandarin	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