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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
孥囝鬼
- (Teochew, derogatory) child; kid
1959, 董同龢, “四個閩南方言”, in Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, volume 30, number 2, pages 903–904:tsi˨˥ (k)ai˩˩ tsə˧˧ tse˧˧ tsu˨˥ dzeŋ˥˥ tʰoi˨˥ kĩ˥˩ lim˩˩ tai˩˩ kʰim˧˧ si˩˩ tsek˩ kai˩˩ nou˧˧ kiã˨˥ kui˥˩ m˩˩ siaŋ˧˧ seŋ˥˩ i˧˧ u˩˩ hak˩ mŋ˩˩ ho˩˥ lai˩˩ tso˥˨ seŋ˧˧ sẽ˧˧只個書齋主人睇見林大欽是一個孥囝鬼，唔相信伊有學問好來做先生 [Teochew, trad.]
只个书斋主人睇见林大钦是一个孥囝鬼，唔相信伊有学问好来做先生 [Teochew, simp.]- zi2 gai5 ze1 zê1 zu2 reng5 toi2 gin3 Lim5 Dai6 kim1 si6 zêg8 gai5 nou1 gian2 gui2, m6 siang1 sêng3 i1 u6 hak8 mng7 ho2 lai5 zo3 sêng1 sên1 [Peng'im]
- When the principal of the school saw that Lim Dai Kim was only a boy, he could not believe that he had enough learning to be a teacher