鬧鬼

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See also: 闹鬼

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (鬧鬼)		鬧	鬼
simp. (闹鬼)		闹	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nàoguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ gwai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-kúi / nāu-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nàoguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nàoguěi
  - Wade–Giles: nao⁴-kuei³
  - Yale: nàu-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nawgoei
  - Palladius: наогуй (naoguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naau⁶ gwai²
  - Yale: naauh gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxkuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: nāu-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nauxkuie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãu²²⁻²¹ kui⁵³/

Verb

鬧鬼

(literal) to be haunted
這房子常常鬧鬼。 [MSC, trad.]
这房子常常闹鬼。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè fángzi chángcháng nàoguǐ.
This house is haunted.
(figurative) to play tricks on someone

Synonyms

(to be haunted):
- (Puxian Min) 出鬼 (chūguǐ)

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