餓癆鬼

餓癆鬼

Chinese

		to be hungry; hungry	tuberculosis	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (餓癆鬼)		餓	癆	鬼
simp. (饿痨鬼)		饿	痨	鬼

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo⁴ lau² gui³

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngo⁴ lau² gui³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lau¹¹ kuɪ³¹/

Noun

餓癆鬼

1. (Hakka) glutton; greedy eater

Synonyms

• 饞嘴／馋嘴 (chánzuǐ)
• 饕餮 (tāotiè)
• 饞貓／馋猫 (chánmāo)
• 餓鬼／饿鬼 (èguǐ)
• (Cantonese) 為食貓／为食猫
• (Hakka, Teochew) 好食鬼
• (Hokkien) 監囚／监囚
• (Wu) 饞癆蟲／馋痨虫, 饞癆坯／馋痨坯, 饞坯／馋坯, 餓殺鬼／饿杀鬼