窮鬼

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (窮鬼)		窮	鬼
simp. (穷鬼)		穷	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ gwai²
Min Nan (POJ): kêng-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qióngguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonggoei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kung⁴ gwai²
  - Yale: kùhng gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ guei²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kêng-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kîng-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengkuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²³⁻³³ kui⁴¹/

Noun

窮鬼

(derogatory) pauper; poor wretch

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