吸血鬼

吸血鬼

Chinese

		to suck blood	ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad. (吸血鬼)		吸血	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxuèguǐ, xīxuěguǐ, xīxiěguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ hyut³ gwai²
• Min Nan (POJ): khip-hiat-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīxuèguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiuehgoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīxuěguǐ [Phonetic: xīxuéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shisheuegoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīxiěguǐ [Phonetic: xīxiéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiiegoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ hyut³ gwai²
    • Yale: kāp hyut gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ hyt⁸ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ hüd³ guei²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ hyːt̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-hiat-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: khip-hiat-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qip'hiatkuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁵ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁴¹/

Noun

吸血鬼

1. (mythology) vampire

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 嗍血鬼

See also

• 殭屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
• 懶鬼／懒鬼 (lǎnguǐ)
• 醉鬼 (zuìguǐ)
• 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)
• 煙鬼／烟鬼 (yānguǐ)
• 色鬼 (sèguǐ)
• 調皮鬼／调皮鬼 (tiáopíguǐ)
• 搗蛋鬼／捣蛋鬼 (dǎodànguǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
吸	血	鬼
きゅう Grade: 6	けつ Grade: 3	き Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) きゅうけ​つき [kyùúkéꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) きゅうけつ​き [kyùúkétsúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːke̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

吸血鬼 (hiragana きゅうけつき, rōmaji kyūketsuki, historical hiragana きふけつき)

1. (mythology) a vampire

   Synonym: ヴァンパイア (vanpaia)

See also

• 吸 (きゅう)血 (けつ)姫 (き) (kyūketsuki, “female vampire; one which is like a queen bee, matriarch, or female leader”)
• 血 (チ)吸 (スイ)蝙蝠 (コウモリ) (chisui kōmori)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
吸	血	鬼

Noun

吸血鬼 • (heuphyeolgwi, McCune-Reischauer: hŭphyŏlgwi, Yale: huphyelkwi) (hangeul 흡혈귀)

1. Hanja form^? of 흡혈귀 (“vampire”).