藥鬼

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (藥鬼)		藥	鬼
simp. (药鬼)		药	鬼
alternative forms		藥機／药机

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ioh⁸ gui²

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ioh⁸ gui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: io̍h kúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioʔ⁴⁻² kui⁵²/

Noun

藥鬼

1. (Teochew, possibly dated) engine
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “鎖”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press:

     藥機鎖／药机锁  ―  ioh8 gui2 so2  ―  spring lock

   • 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, “Nautical”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:

     管藥鬼個人／管药鬼个人  ―  guang2 ioh8 gui2 gai5 nang5  ―  engineer

   • 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, “Commercial”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:

     縫衫藥鬼／缝衫药鬼  ―  tin7 san1 ioh8 gui2  ―  sewing machine

References

• Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “機”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 280
• Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Nautical”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press