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水鬼

水鬼

Chinese

		water; river	ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad. (水鬼)		水	鬼

Noun

水鬼

sea monster; water goblin
drowning ghost; ghost of someone who drowned
talented swimmer
diving personnel or frogman sent by the enemy to perform scouting or sabotage

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuǐguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² gwai²
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeigoei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² gwai²
  - Yale: séui gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² gwai²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'kuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/