衰鬼

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (衰鬼)		衰	鬼
simp. #(衰鬼)		衰	鬼

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ gwai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi-kúi

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ gwai²
    • Yale: sēui gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi-kúi
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi´ gui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹ gui³
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴ ku̯i³¹/

Noun

衰鬼

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, derogatory, but often endearing and humorous in Cantonese) inauspicious person; contemptible person

Derived terms

• 衰鬼嘢
• 衰鬼豆

 

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: xúi quẩy