走鬼
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Chinese
[edit]to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
ghost; sly; crafty | ||
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trad. (走鬼) | 走 | 鬼 | |
simp. #(走鬼) | 走 | 鬼 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zau2 gwai2
- Yale: jáu gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau2 gwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: zeo2 guei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- Homophones:
走鬼
酒鬼
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Verb
[edit]走鬼
- (Cantonese, of an illegal hawker) to flee when hawker control teams are imminent
- 走鬼呀,快啲走喇,個魁斗冇人情講㗎! [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2016, So Man Hing (蘇萬興), 《講開有段古:老餅潮語III》, Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited
- zau2 gwai2 aa3, faai3 di1 zau2 laa3, go3 fui1 dau2 mou5 jan4 cing4 gong2 gaa3! [Jyutping]
- Run! Run quickly! Those gweilo won't be so kind!
走鬼呀,快啲走喇,个魁斗冇人情讲㗎! [Cantonese, simp.]