枵鬼

Chinese

		empty; hollow of a tree	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (枵鬼)		枵	鬼
simp. #(枵鬼)		枵	鬼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-kúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: iau-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 枵鬼

1. (Southern Min) gluttonous
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) stingy; miserly

Synonyms

• (gluttonous):

(deprecated template usage)

• 上合合 (Hakka)
• 喙斗㾀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 嘴饞／嘴馋 (zuǐchán)
• 圖食／图食 (Hakka)
• 好吃 (hàochī)
• 好食 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 枵饞／枵馋 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 為食／为食 (wai⁶ sik⁶) (Cantonese)
• 豺食 (Hakka)
• 貪吃／贪吃 (tānchī)
• 貪嘴／贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
• 貪食／贪食 (taam¹ sik⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 貪饞／贪馋 (tānchán)
• 重食 (Hokkien)
• 饞嘴／馋嘴 (chánzuǐ)
• 饞食／馋食 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

• (stingy):

(deprecated template usage)

• 吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
• 小氣／小气 (xiǎoqì)
• 慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
• 摳／抠 (kōu)
• 摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
• 窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)