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守宮

守宮

See also: 守宫

Chinese

to guard palace
trad. (守宮)
simp. (守宫)

Noun

守宮

  1. gecko

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 壁虎
Mandarin Beijing 蠍虎子、蠍了虎子
Taiwan 壁虎守宮
Jinan 蠍虎子、蠍虎簾子
Xi'an 蠍虎子、蛇夫子
Wuhan 壁虎子
Chengdu 爬壁虎兒
Yangzhou 壁虎子
Hefei 蠍虎子、四腳蛇
Cantonese Guangzhou 簷蛇
Hong Kong 簷蛇
Taishan 四腳蛇
Yangjiang 簷頭蛇、懶飯蛇
Gan Nanchang 壁蛇子
Hakka Meixian 簷蛇仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 壁蛇、簷蛇
Liudui (S. Sixian) 壁蛇、壁蛇仔、黏蛇仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 壁蛇
Dongshi (Dabu) 壁蛇
Zhuolan (Raoping) 壁蛇
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 飛蒂仔、貼壁蛇
Jin Taiyuan 蠍虎兒
Min Bei Jian'ou 壁利蜥
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Quanzhou 蟮蟲
Xiamen 蟮蟲
Zhangzhou 蟮蟲
Taipei 蟮尪仔、守宮
Kaohsiung 蟮螂
Tainan 蟮蟲仔
Taichung 蟮尪仔
Yilan 蟮螂、壁虎
Lukang 蟮螂
Sanxia 蟮蟲仔
Kinmen 蟮螂
Magong 蟮螂
Hsinchu 蟮螂
Chaozhou 簷龍
Wu Suzhou 壁虎子
Wenzhou 五爪龍、白蟻龍
Xiang Changsha 壁虎、壁虎子、巴壁虎
Shuangfeng 痴虎、壁虎子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
Irregular

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

守宮 (hiragana やもり, katakana ヤモリ, romaji yamori)

  1. a gecko
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 3
きゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

守宮 (hiragana しゅきゅう, romaji shukyū)

  1. a gecko

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3