吊死鬼

Chinese

		to hang; to hang oneself	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (吊死鬼)		吊死	鬼
simp. #(吊死鬼)		吊死	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàosǐguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ sei² gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàosǐguǐ [Phonetic: diàosíguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàosǐhguěi
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-ssŭ³-kuei³
    • Yale: dyàu-sž-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawsyygoei
    • Palladius: дяосыгуй (djaosyguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³ sei² gwai²
    • Yale: diu séi gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ sei² gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³ séi² guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ sei̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

吊死鬼

1. inchworm
2. (games, colloquial) hangman (a guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows)