食鬼
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
ghost; sly; crafty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (食鬼) | 食 | 鬼 | |
| simp. #(食鬼) | 食 | 鬼 | |
| Literally: “to eat ghost”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Shíguǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhguěi
- Wade–Giles: Shih2-kuei3
- Yale: Shŕ-gwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrgoei
- Palladius: Шигуй (Šiguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sik6 gwai2
- Yale: sihk gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik9 gwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: xig6 guei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚² kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
食鬼
Synonyms
- (Mainland China) 吃豆人, 吃豆子
- (Taiwan) 小精靈／小精灵