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吝嗇鬼

吝嗇鬼

See also: 吝啬鬼

Chinese

		stingy; miserly	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (吝嗇鬼)		吝嗇	鬼
simp. (吝啬鬼)		吝啬	鬼

Noun

吝嗇鬼

miser, penny-pincher

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lìnsèguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Min Nan (POJ): nì-sìⁿ-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lìnsèguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnsehgoei
  - IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nì-sìⁿ-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: nì-sìnn-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niesvie'kuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ni²¹⁻⁵³ ɕĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ni⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ni²¹⁻⁵³ ɕĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ni¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ni²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/