吸血鬼

Chinese

		to suck blood	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (吸血鬼)		吸血	鬼
simp. #(吸血鬼)		吸血	鬼
Literally: “blood-sucking ghost”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxuèguǐ, xīxuěguǐ, xīxiěguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ hyut³ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khip-hiat-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxuèguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisyuèguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsüeh⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: syī-sywè-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiuehgoei
    • Palladius: сисюэгуй (sisjueguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxuěguǐ [Phonetic: xīxuéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisyuěguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsüeh³-kuei³
    • Yale: syī-sywě-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shisheuegoei
    • Palladius: сисюэгуй (sisjueguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxiěguǐ [Phonetic: xīxiéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisiěguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsieh³-kuei³
    • Yale: syī-syě-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishieegoei
    • Palladius: сисегуй (siseguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ hyut³ gwai²
    • Yale: kāp hyut gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ hyt⁸ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ hüd³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ hyːt̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-hiat-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: khip-hiat-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qip'hiatkuie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁵³/

Noun

吸血鬼

1. (mythology) vampire
2. (figurative) scrounger, leech, bloodsucker, parasite

   底層父母都是無情的能量吸血鬼，無限地對子女情緒勒索 [MSC, trad.]
   底层父母都是无情的能量吸血鬼，无限地对子女情绪勒索 [MSC, simp.]

   dǐcéng fùmǔ dōu shì wúqíng de néngliàng xīxuèguǐ, wúxiàn de duì zǐnǚ qíngxù lèsuǒ [Pinyin]

   The underclass parents are all ruthless energy parasites, infinitely extorting their children emotionally.

   老闆只知要求員工加班，卻從不加薪，簡直是吸血鬼。 [MSC, trad.]
   老板只知要求员工加班，却从不加薪，简直是吸血鬼。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎobǎn zhǐ zhī yāoqiú yuángōng jiābān, què cóngbù jiāxīn, jiǎnzhí shì xīxuèguǐ. [Pinyin]

   The boss only knew to ask employees to work overtime, but never paid them raise. What a parasite.

Synonyms

• (vampire): 嗍血鬼 (Hokkien)
• (scrounger): 寄生蟲／寄生虫 (jìshēngchóng)

See also

• 殭屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
• 懶鬼／懒鬼 (lǎnguǐ)
• 醉鬼 (zuìguǐ)
• 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)
• 煙鬼／烟鬼 (yānguǐ)
• 色鬼 (sèguǐ)
• 調皮鬼／调皮鬼 (tiáopíguǐ)
• 搗蛋鬼／捣蛋鬼 (dǎodànguǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吸	血	鬼
きゅう Grade: 6	けつ Grade: 3	き Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative forms

• (wordplay) 吸(きゅう)血(けつ)姫(き) (kyūketsuki, “vampiress”, literally “blood-sucking princess”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːke̞t͡sɨ̥kʲi]
• (Tokyo) きゅうけつき [kyùúkéꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) きゅうけつき [kyùúkétsúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [4])

Noun

吸(きゅう)血(けつ)鬼(き) • (kyūketsuki) ^{←きふけつき (kifuketuki)?}

1. (mythology) a vampire

   Synonym: ヴァンパイア (vanpaia)

See also

• 血(チ)吸(スイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (chisui kōmori)

References

• “吸血鬼”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
吸	血	鬼

Noun

吸血鬼 • (heuphyeolgwi or McCune-Reischauer: hŭphyŏlgwi or Yale: huphyelkwi) (hangeul 흡혈귀)

1. hanja form^? of 흡혈귀 (“vampire”)