白日見鬼

Chinese

		the sun; daytime; during the day	to see a ghost; to have bad luck; to be ridiculous to see a ghost; to have bad luck; to be ridiculous; to be absurd; to be funny
trad. (白日見鬼)		白日	見鬼
simp. (白日见鬼)		白日	见鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báirì-jiànguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báirì-jiànguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báirìhjiànguěi
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-jih⁴-chien⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: bái-r̀-jyàn-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairryhjianngoei
    • Palladius: байжицзяньгуй (bajžiczjanʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

白日見鬼

1. sheer fantasy

Synonyms

• 白晝見鬼／白昼见鬼 (báizhòu-jiànguǐ)