見鬼

See also: 见鬼

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (見鬼)		見	鬼
simp. (见鬼)		见	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kìⁿ-kúi / kiàn-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànguěi
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-kuei³
  - Yale: jyàn-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngoei
  - Palladius: цзяньгуй (czjanʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ gwai²
  - Yale: gin gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kìnn-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvie'kuie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkuie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

見鬼

(literally) to see a ghost
(figurative) to have bad luck; to be ridiculous; to be absurd; to be funny
真是見鬼了／真是见鬼了 ― zhēn shì jiànguǐ le ― how strange / what a bad day
to go to hell (as an expression of anger)
見鬼去吧！／见鬼去吧！ ― Jiànguǐ qù ba! ― To hell with it!

Synonyms

(to have bad luck): 撞鬼, 撞邪

Derived terms

白日見鬼／白日见鬼 (báirì-jiànguǐ)
白晝見鬼／白昼见鬼 (báizhòu-jiànguǐ)

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