金龜子

See also: 金龟子

Chinese

		golden turtle; turtle-shaped handle on a golden seal, or the golden seal itself	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (金龜子)		金龜	子
simp. (金龟子)		金龟	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnguīzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnguīzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingueizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kuei¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jīn-gwēi-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingueitzyy
    • Palladius: цзиньгуйцзы (czinʹgujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

金龜子

1. scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)
2. (～科) scarab (Scarabaeidae)

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		金龜子
Mandarin	Beijing	金殼郎
	Taiwan	金龜子
	Yantai (Muping)	金其亮
	Wuhan	金殼亮
	Guiyang	金貓貓
	Xuzhou	金殼螂
	Yangzhou	金媽媽
	Nanjing	金各郎
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

• 日本金龜子／日本金龟子 (rìběn jīnguīzǐ)