有鬼

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (有鬼)		有	鬼
simp. #(有鬼)		有	鬼
Literally: “there is a ghost”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuguǐ [Phonetic: yóuguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuguěi
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-kuei³
    • Yale: yǒu-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeougoei
    • Palladius: югуй (juguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ gwai²
    • Yale: yáuh gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

有鬼

1. (figuratively) there is something fishy

   心裡有鬼／心里有鬼  ―  xīnlǐ yǒuguǐ  ―  to have a guilty conscience