六龜

See also: 六龟

Chinese

		six	tortoise; turtle
trad. (六龜)		六	龜
simp. (六龟)		六	龟

Etymology

From 六龜里 (La̍k-ku-lí), from Taivoan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liùguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ gwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): La̍k-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liùguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liòuguei
    • Wade–Giles: Liu⁴-kuei¹
    • Yale: Lyòu-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liowguei
    • Palladius: Люгуй (Ljuguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ gwai¹
    • Yale: luhk gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: La̍k-ku
    • Tâi-lô: La̍k-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lagkw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴⁻² ku³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ku⁴⁴/

Proper noun

六龜

1. (～區) Liouguei (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

   • 你幾乎忘了自己是從那裡來的，你唸過的學校、待過的公司，剛離去不久的太太的面貌，則像火車窗外飛馳而過的零碎站名，草屯、六龜、狗屎……它們不必有何連貫，一旦落在背後就如肥皂泡泡一般迸碎在玄秘的空間當中。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     你几乎忘了自己是从那里来的，你念过的学校、待过的公司，刚离去不久的太太的面貌，则像火车窗外飞驰而过的零碎站名，草屯、六龟、狗屎……它们不必有何连贯，一旦落在背后就如肥皂泡泡一般迸碎在玄秘的空间当中。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 28 August 1991, Kuo Cheng 郭箏, God's Dice 上帝的骰子, China Times 中國時報

     Nǐ jīhū wàngle zìjǐ shì cóng nǎlǐ lái de, nǐ niànguò de xuéxiào, dàiguò de gōngsī, gāng líqù bùjiǔ de tàitai de miànmào, zé xiàng huǒchē chuāng wài fēichí ér guò de língsuì zhàn míng, Cǎotún, Liùguī, gǒushǐ...... Tāmen bùbì yǒu hé liánguàn, yīdàn luò zài bèihòu jiù rú féizào pàopào yībān bèng suì zài xuánmì de kōngjiān dāngzhōng. [Pinyin]

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Descendants

• → English: Liouguei, Liugui