多個香爐多隻鬼

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	(a measure word); individual	incense burner; censer	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (多個香爐多隻鬼)		多	個	香爐	多	隻	鬼
simp. (多个香炉多只鬼)		多	个	香炉	多	只	鬼

Etymology

Literally "one more censer, one more ghost (to serve)".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duō gè xiānglú duō zhī guǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ go³ hoeng¹ lou⁴ do¹ zek³ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duō gè xiānglú duō zhī guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duo gè sianglú duo jhih guěi
    • Wade–Giles: to¹ ko⁴ hsiang¹-lu² to¹ chih¹ kuei³
    • Yale: dwō gè syāng-lú dwō jr̄ gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo geh shianglu duo jy goei
    • Palladius: до гэ сянлу до чжи гуй (do gɛ sjanlu do čži guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lu³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ go³ hoeng¹ lou⁴ do¹ zek³ gwai²
    • Yale: dō go hēung lòuh dō jek gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ go³ hoeng¹ lou⁴ do¹ dzek⁸ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ go³ hêng¹ lou⁴ do¹ zég³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ kɔː³³ hœːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

多個香爐多隻鬼

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 多隻香爐多隻鬼／多只香炉多只鬼 (duō zhī xiānglú duō zhī guǐ)