海龜湯

Chinese

		sea turtle	soup; hot water
trad. (海龜湯)		海龜	湯
simp. (海龟汤)		海龟	汤
Literally: “sea turtle soup”.

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ウミガメのスープ.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiguītāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄊㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiguītāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎigueitang
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-kuei¹-tʻang¹
    • Yale: hǎi-gwēi-tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haegueitang
    • Palladius: хайгуйтан (xajgujtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

海龜湯

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) situation puzzle

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong) 揭尾故