烏鬼

See also: 乌鬼

Chinese[edit]

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (烏鬼)		烏	鬼
simp. (乌鬼)		乌	鬼

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wuguěi
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-kuei³
  - Yale: wū-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ugoei
  - Palladius: угуй (uguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vu¹ gui³
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɪ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: oo-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'kuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ou¹ gui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou kúi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ kui⁵²/

Note: Chaoyang.

烏鬼

Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus, the bird)
- 家家養烏鬼，頓頓食黃魚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  家家养乌鬼，顿顿食黄鱼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 杜甫《戲作俳諧體遣悶》
  Jiājiā yǎng wūguǐ, dùn dùn shí huángyú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Hakka, Southern Min, derogatory, ethnic slur) black devil, nigger (a derogatory term for a person with dark skin)