水鬼

Chinese

		water; river	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (水鬼)		水	鬼
simp. ^#(水鬼)		水	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² gwai²
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐguǐ [Phonetic: shuíguǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiguěi
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-kuei³
  - Yale: shwěi-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeigoei
  - Palladius: шуйгуй (šujguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² gwai²
  - Yale: séui gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'kuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴¹/

Noun

水鬼

sea monster; water goblin
drowning ghost; ghost of someone who drowned
talented swimmer
(military) combat diver; frogman

Synonyms

(drowning ghost): (Hakka) 水鬼仔; (Xiang) 落屍鬼／落尸鬼, 落水鬼

Descendants

→ Tagalog: siyokoy

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