神出鬼沒

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	ghost; sly; crafty	have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
trad. (神出鬼沒)		神	出	鬼	沒
simp. (神出鬼没)		神	出	鬼	没

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénchūguǐmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄔㄨ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ceot¹ gwai² mut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénchūguǐmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄔㄨ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénchuguěimò
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-chʻu¹-kuei³-mo⁴
    • Yale: shén-chū-gwěi-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernchugoeimoh
    • Palladius: шэньчугуймо (šɛnʹčugujmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ ceot¹ gwai² mut⁶
    • Yale: sàhn chēut gwái muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ tsoet⁷ gwai² mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ cêd¹ guei² mud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ muːt̚²/

Idiom

神出鬼沒

1. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a ghost