窮鬼
Chinese
| exhausted; poor | ghost; sly; crafty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (窮鬼) | 窮 | 鬼 | |
| simp. (穷鬼) | 穷 | 鬼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qióngguǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngguěi
- Wade–Giles: chʻiung2-kuei3
- Yale: chyúng-gwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonggoei
- Palladius: цюнгуй (cjunguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kung4 gwai2
- Yale: kùhng gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: kung4 gwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: kung4 guei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kêng-kúi
- Tâi-lô: kîng-kuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: kengkuie
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²³⁻³³ kui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
窮鬼
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 窮人 (“poor person”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 窮人, 貧民 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 窮人, 窮鬼, 窮光蛋 |
| Harbin | 窮光蛋 | |
| Singapore | 窮人 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 窮人, 窮光蛋, 窮棒棒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 窮人, 窮光蛋, 溜光蛋, 溜光蛋兒 |
| Wanrong | 窮骨頭 | |
| Xi'an | 窮人, 窮漢, 窮光蛋 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 窮骨頭 |
| Liuzhou | 窮鬼 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 窮人, 窮鬼 |
| Hong Kong | 窮人, 窮鬼 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 窮人 |
| Lichuan | 窮搭仔 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 窮苦人 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 窮苦人 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 窮苦人 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 窮苦人 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 窮苦人 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 散人 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窮人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 窮儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 艱苦儂, 宋凶儂, 赤囝 |
| Quanzhou | 艱苦儂, 赤囝 | |
| Zhangzhou | 艱苦儂, 散仔, 阿散仔, 赤囝 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 散凶儂 | |
| Kaohsiung | 散凶儂, 散食儂 | |
| Yilan | 散凶儂, 散赤儂 | |
| Taichung | 散赤儂 | |
| Tainan | 散凶儂, 散赤儂, 散鬼 | |
| Hsinchu | 散赤儂 | |
| Kinmen | 散赤儂 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 散赤儂, 艱苦儂, 歹命儂 | |
| Jieyang | 磽囝, 磽囝儂 | |
| Leizhou | 窮儂, 窮鬼 | |
| Haikou | 窮儂 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 窮佬, 窮人, 窮鬼 |
| Wu | Danyang | 窮人, 窮光蛋, 窮塌皮 |
| Hangzhou | 窮哥哥兒, 窮鬼 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 窮人子 |