怪胎
Chinese
| queer; to blame | fetus; litter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (怪胎) | 怪 | 胎 | |
| simp. #(怪胎) | 怪 | 胎 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai3 toi1
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guei4 tai1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guàitāi
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guàitai
- Wade–Giles: kuai4-tʻai1
- Yale: gwài-tāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaytai
- Palladius: гуайтай (guajtaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaai3 toi1
- Yale: gwaai tōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai3 toi1
- Guangdong Romanization: guai3 toi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaːi̯³³ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: guei4 tai1 [Phonetic: guei1 tai1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gua̍i-tai
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuei⁴²⁻⁵⁵ tʰai⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: guei4 tai1 [Phonetic: guei1 tai1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuei⁴²⁻⁵⁵ tʰai⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
Noun
怪胎
- fetus with congenital malformation or abnormality
- (figurative) one who is against the norm; crank
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), “怪胎”, 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 247.