搞鬼

Chinese

		to do; to make; to go in for to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (搞鬼)		搞	鬼
simp. #(搞鬼)		搞	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎoguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎoguǐ [Phonetic: gáoguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎoguěi
    • Wade–Giles: kao³-kuei³
    • Yale: gǎu-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaogoei
    • Palladius: гаогуй (gaoguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² gwai²
    • Yale: gáau gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: káu-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'kuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/

Verb

搞鬼

1. to play tricks; to be up to some mischief

Synonyms

• 亂它／乱它 (lonn⁵ do²) (Xiang)
• 亂彈琴／乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
• 亂鬧／乱闹 (luànnào)
• 作孽 (Hokkien)
• 使壞／使坏 (shǐhuài)
• 做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 做手腳／做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
• 卵彈琴／卵弹琴 (lonn³ dan² qin²) (Xiang)
• 惹事 (rěshì)
• 搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
• 搶事／抢事 (Hokkien)
• 搞事 (gǎoshì)
• 搗蛋／捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
• 搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
• 撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
• 滋事 (zīshì)
• 滋擾／滋扰 (zīrǎo)
• 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào)
• 生事 (shēngshì)
• 生氣／生气 (siⁿ-khùi) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 生空 (Hokkien)
• 生空生榫 (Hokkien)
• 生空生縫／生空生缝 (Hokkien)
• 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
• 胡來／胡来 (húlái)
• 胡攪／胡搅 (hújiǎo)
• 胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào)
• 舞射 (Hakka)
• 變精／变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
• 變鬼／变鬼 (Hokkien)
• 變魍／变魍 (Hokkien)
• 起事 (Hokkien)
• 起空 (Hokkien)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)