鬼怪
Chinese
| ghost; sly; crafty | queer; to blame | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鬼怪) | 鬼 | 怪 | |
| simp. #(鬼怪) | 鬼 | 怪 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai2 gwaai3
- Eastern Min (BUC): gūi-guái
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: guǐguài
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guěiguài
- Wade–Giles: kuei3-kuai4
- Yale: gwěi-gwài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeiguay
- Palladius: гуйгуай (gujguaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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鬼怪
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai2 gwaai3
- Yale: gwái gwaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai2 gwaai3
- Guangdong Romanization: guei2 guai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-koài
- Tâi-lô: kuí-kuài
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuy'koaix
- IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gui2 guai3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kúi kuài
- Sinological IPA (key): /kui⁵²⁻³⁵ kuai²¹³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: kjw+jX kweajH
Noun
鬼怪
Synonyms
- (ghosts and monsters):
- 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
- 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
- 妖 (yāo)
- 妖孽 (yāoniè)
- 妖怪 (yāoguài)
- 妖物 (yāowù)
- 妖精 (yāojīng)
- 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
- 妖魔 (yāomó)
- 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怪物 (guàiwu)
- 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
- 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
- 精怪 (jīngguài)
- 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
- 邪魔 (xiémó)
- 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
- 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)
Derived terms
- 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)