吊鬼仔

Chinese

		to hang; to suspend	ghost; sly; crafty	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (吊鬼仔)		吊	鬼	仔
simp. #(吊鬼仔)		吊	鬼	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiàu-kúi-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-kúi-á
    • Tâi-lô: tiàu-kuí-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diao'kuyar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun

吊鬼仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) jinghu (bowed Chinese string instrument with two strings and with a bamboo body and neck used primarily in Beijing opera)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 京胡 (“jinghu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		京胡
Mandarin	Taiwan	京胡, 吊鬼子
	Yantai (Muping)	京胡兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	京胡
Gan	Lichuan	京胡
Hakka	Yudu	京胡
Southern Min	Xiamen	京胡
	Quanzhou	京胡
	Zhangzhou	吊櫃仔, 京胡
	Taipei	吊鬼仔 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)