水鬼升城隍

Chinese

		sea monster; water goblin; drowning ghost sea monster; water goblin; drowning ghost; ghost of someone who drowned	to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	city wall and moat; protected city
trad. (水鬼升城隍)		水鬼	升	城隍
simp. #(水鬼升城隍)		水鬼	升	城隍

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² gwai² sing¹ sing⁴ wong⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² gwai² sing¹ sing⁴ wong⁴
    • Yale: séui gwái sīng sìhng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² gwai² sing¹ sing⁴ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² guei² xing¹ xing⁴ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

水鬼升城隍

1. (chiefly Cantonese) someone originally in a lowly position abruptly rises to a high position (usually undeservedly)