為食鬼
Chinese
| gluttonous | ghost; sly; crafty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (為食鬼/爲食鬼) | 為食/爲食 | 鬼 | |
| simp. (为食鬼) | 为食 | 鬼 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai6 sik6 gwai2
- Yale: waih sihk gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 sik9 gwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: wei6 xig6 guei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² sɪk̚² kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
為食鬼
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 饞嘴 (“glutton; greedy eater”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 饞嘴, 饞鬼, 饕餮, 饞貓 humorous, 餓鬼, 饞蟲 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 饞鬼, 饞嘴巴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 饞人, 饞老婆 woman |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 餓痞癆, 餓癆兒, 餓癆餓痞, 饞貓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 饞死貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 餓牢鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 饞癆鬼 humorous |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 為食貓, 為食鬼, 為食啄, 砧板蟻 |
| Hong Kong | 為食貓, 為食鬼 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 餓癆鬼, 好食鬼 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 為食貓, 為食罌, 腍食貓, 腍食鬼 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 饞屄嘴 child |
| Xinzhou | 餓死鬼 | |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 監囚 |
| Tainan | 監囚 GT | |
| Shantou | 好食鬼 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 饞癆蟲, 饞癆坯, 饞坯, 餓殺鬼 derogatory |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 饞精, 饞物事 | |
| Danyang | 饞皮嘴, 饞煞佬 | |
| Hangzhou | 饞癆坯, 饞嘴婆 | |
| Ningbo | 饞癆蟲, 饞癆丫碼 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 餓癆鬼 |