短命鬼

短命鬼

Chinese

		lack; short	life; fate	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (短命鬼)		短	命	鬼
simp. #(短命鬼)		短	命	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnmìngguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² meng⁶ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: duǎnmìngguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanminqgoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnmìngguěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /twän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹ kweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² meng⁶ gwai²
    • Yale: dyún mehng gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² meng⁶ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² méng⁶ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ mɛːŋ²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

短命鬼

1. short-lived person
2. (dialectal) rascal; devil

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 夭壽子／夭寿子