烏鬼

烏鬼

See also: 乌鬼

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (烏鬼)		烏	鬼
simp. (乌鬼)		乌	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vu¹ gui³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-kúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou¹ gui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuguěi
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-kuei³
    • Yale: wū-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ugoei
    • Palladius: угуй (uguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ kweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vu¹ gui³
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɪ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: oo-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ou¹ gui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou kúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ kui⁵²/

Note: Chaoyang.

Noun

烏鬼

1. Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus, the bird)

   家家養烏鬼，頓頓食黃魚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   家家养乌鬼，顿顿食黄鱼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 杜甫《戲作俳諧體遣悶》

   Jiājiā yǎng wūguǐ, dùn dùn shí huángyú. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (Hakka, Min Nan, derogatory, ethnic slur) black devil, nigger (a derogatory term for a person with dark skin)

Synonyms

• 烏張飛／乌张飞

See also

• 黑鬼 (hēiguǐ)