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古靈精怪

古靈精怪

See also: 古灵精怪

Chinese

		ancient; old	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	demons
trad. (古靈精怪)		古	靈	精怪
simp. (古灵精怪)		古	灵	精怪

Adjective

古靈精怪

weird; bizarre

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gǔlíngjīngguài

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese

(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gu² ling⁴ zing¹ gwaai³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gu² len³ den¹ gai¹, gu² len³ den¹ gai^1*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǔlíngjīngguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guulingjingguay
  - IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² ling⁴ zing¹ gwaai³
  - Yale: gú lìhng jīng gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² ling⁴ dzing¹ gwaai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɑːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gu² len³ den¹ gai¹, gu² len³ den¹ gai^1*
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ len²² ten³³ kai³³/, /ku⁵⁵ len²² ten³³ kai³³⁻³³⁵/