見鬼

See also: 见鬼

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (見鬼)		見	鬼
simp. (见鬼)		见	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwai²
Min Nan (POJ): kìⁿ-kúi / kiàn-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiànguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngoei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ gwai²
  - Yale: gin gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guei²
  - IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kìnn-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvie'kuie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkuie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

見鬼

ridiculous; absurd; funny

Interjection

見鬼

go to hell! to hell with it!
damn it!

Verb

見鬼

to have bad luck

Synonyms

撞鬼 (zhuàngguǐ)
撞邪 (zhuàngxié)

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