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作怪

作怪

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (作怪)		作	怪

Verb

作怪

to do mischief; to make trouble

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòguài

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ gwaai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-koai
Min Nan (POJ): chok-koài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohguay
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ gwaai³
  - Yale: jok gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ gwaai³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ kʷɑːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-koai
  - Hakka Romanization System: zog` guai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ guai⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sok̚² ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-koài
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-kuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zokkoaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kuai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kuai²¹/