| 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 | |
王八蓋兒
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |