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鬼迷心竅

鬼迷心竅

See also: 鬼迷心窍

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	capacity for clear thinking
trad. (鬼迷心竅)		鬼	迷	心竅
simp. (鬼迷心窍)		鬼	迷	心窍

Idiom

鬼迷心竅

to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guǐmíxīnqiào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǐmíxīnqiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimishinchiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǐmíxīnqiàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimishinchiaull
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
  - Yale: gwái màih sām hiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ mɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/