吝嗇鬼

See also: 吝啬鬼

Chinese

		stingy; miserly	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (吝嗇鬼)		吝嗇	鬼
simp. (吝啬鬼)		吝啬	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìnsèguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁶ sik¹ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nì-sìⁿ-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìnsèguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìnsèguěi
    • Wade–Giles: lin⁴-sê⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: lìn-sè-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnsehgoei
    • Palladius: линьсэгуй (linʹsɛguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁶ sik¹ gwai²
    • Yale: leuhn sīk gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁶ sik⁷ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁶ xig¹ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²² sɪk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nì-sìⁿ-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: nì-sìnn-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niesvie'kuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ sĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 吝嗇鬼

1. miser; penny-pincher

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 柝仔頭／柝仔头, 竭仔頭／竭仔头, 竭仔哥, 凍霜鬼／冻霜鬼