變鬼變怪

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Chinese

		to play tricks; to be up to some mischief; to use trickery
trad. (變鬼變怪)		變鬼	變怪
simp. (变鬼变怪)		变鬼	变怪

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pìⁿ-kúi-pìⁿ-koài

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìⁿ-kúi-pìⁿ-koài
  - Tâi-lô: pìnn-kuí-pìnn-kuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvie'kuy'pvie'koaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kuai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kuai²¹/

Noun

變鬼變怪

(Southern Min) to play tricks; to be up to some mischief; to use trickery

Synonyms

變鬼／变鬼

References

“變鬼變怪”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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