龟板

龜板
guībǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tortoise plastron
  2. 2 tortoise shell

Examples

HSK 5
Guībǎn shì yí wèi chuántǒng zhōngyào.
Tortoise plastron is a traditional Chinese medicine.
HSK 7-9
Rújīn mài de guīlínggāo dàduō yǐjing bù hán guībǎn le.
Most guilinggao sold today no longer contains any tortoise plastron.

Tips

culture
The plastron is the flat underside of a tortoise's shell, also called 龟甲. Shang-dynasty diviners carved their questions on these plates and on ox bones, which is why the oldest Chinese writing is called 甲骨文 'shell-and-bone script'.

Stroke Order

龟 guī
板 bǎn