水鬼
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Chinese
| water; river | ghost; sly; crafty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水鬼) | 水 | 鬼 | |
| simp. #(水鬼) | 水 | 鬼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi2 gwai2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zui3 gui3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-kúi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiguěi
- Wade–Giles: shui3-kuei3
- Yale: shwěi-gwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeigoei
- Palladius: шуйгуй (šujguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 gwai2
- Yale: séui gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 gwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 guei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zui3 gui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sui⁴⁵³⁻²¹ kui⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zui3 gui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sui³³²⁻²¹ kui³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Noun
水鬼
- sea monster; water goblin
- drowning ghost; ghost of someone who drowned
- talented swimmer
- (military) combat diver; frogman
- (informal) Rolex Submariner
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: siyokoy
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “水鬼”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 604.