走鬼

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 May 2017

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad. (走鬼)		走	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒuguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒuguǐ [Phonetic: zóuguǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoougoei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: zau² gwai²
  - Yale: jáu gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² guei²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    走鬼
    酒鬼

Verb

走鬼

(chiefly Cantonese, of an illegal hawker) to abandon one's roadside stall and flee when hawker control teams are imminent

走鬼呀，快啲走喇，個魁斗冇人情講㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
走鬼呀，快啲走喇，个魁斗冇人情讲㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]
From: 2016, So Man Hing (蘇萬興), 《講開有段古：老餅潮語III》, Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited
Zau² gwai² aa³, faai³ di¹ zau² laa³, go³ fui¹ dau² mou⁵ jan⁴ cing⁴ gong² gaa³! [Jyutping]
Run! Run quickly! Those gweilo won't be so kind!

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