衰鬼

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad. (衰鬼)		衰	鬼

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ gwai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi-kúi

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi¹ gwai²
  - Yale: sēui gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi-kúi
  - Hakka Romanization System: soi´ gui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹ gui³
  - Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴ ku̯i³¹/

Noun

衰鬼

(Cantonese, Hakka, derogatory, but often affectionate and humorous in ) inauspicious person; contemptible person

Derived terms

衰鬼嘢

衰鬼豆

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: xúi quẩy

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