小賣鬼

Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
sell ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (小賣鬼)
simp. (小卖鬼)

Pronunciation


  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3 mai5 gui3 [Phonetic: sieo2 mai5 gui3]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤u-māi-gûi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ mai¹¹ kui⁴⁵³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3 mai5 gui3 [Phonetic: sieo1 mai5 gui3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu³³²⁻⁵⁵ mai²¹ kui³³²/

Noun

小賣鬼

  1. (Puxian Min) cheapskate; scrooge; petty person

Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “小卖鬼”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 487.