有鬼

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (有鬼)		有	鬼
simp. ^#(有鬼)		有	鬼
Literally: “there is a ghost”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒuguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuguǐ [Phonetic: yóuguǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuguěi
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-kuei³
  - Yale: yǒu-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeougoei
  - Palladius: югуй (juguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ gwai²
  - Yale: yáuh gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

有鬼

(figuratively) there is something fishy
心裡有鬼／心里有鬼 ― xīnlǐ yǒuguǐ ― to have a guilty conscience

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