鬼仔

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (鬼仔)		鬼	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² zai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kúi-é
Min Nan (POJ): kúi-á

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² zai²
  - Yale: gwái jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² zei²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúi-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui` e`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gui³ e³
  - IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ku̯i³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
  - IPA (Southern, incl. Meinong): /ku̯i³¹ e³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-á
  - Tâi-lô: kuí-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuyar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

鬼仔

(Cantonese, derogatory) male foreigner; Caucasian boy or young male
(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) ghost
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) little devil from hell
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, playing cards) joker
(Quanzhou Hokkien) domestic servant (used by women as a nickname, sometimes in a rebuking manner)

Synonyms

(joker): 鬼牌 (guǐpái), 皇牌, 小丑牌, 百搭牌

Derived terms

死查某鬼仔
水鬼仔
耳空鬼仔
送鬼仔
養鬼仔／养鬼仔

鬼仔人
鬼仔戲／鬼仔戏
鬼仔火
鬼仔節／鬼仔节
鬼仔風／鬼仔风

See also

鬼佬 (guǐlǎo)
番鬼仔 (faan1 gwai2 zai2)

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