繳鬼

Chinese

		gambling	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (繳鬼)		繳	鬼
simp. (缴鬼)		缴	鬼
alternative forms		筊鬼 賭鬼／赌鬼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiáu-kúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kiáu-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaw'kuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/

Noun

繳鬼

1. (Southern Min) gambler

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 賭徒 (“gambler”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賭徒, 賭鬼, 賭棍
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	賭鬼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	賭客, 賭棍兒, 賭棍
	Wuhan	賭博佬
	Liuzhou	賭崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	賭仔, 爛賭鬼, 爛賭二
	Hong Kong	賭徒, 賭鬼, 賭仔, 爛賭鬼, 爛賭二
	Taishan	賭徒
Gan	Nanchang	賭鬼
Hakka	Meixian	賭腳
	Yudu	賭腳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賭博鬼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賭錢鬼, 賭棍
Southern Min	Xiamen	繳仙, 繳棍, 繳鬼
	Quanzhou	繳仙, 繳棍, 繳鬼
	Jinjiang	繳鬼, 跋繳仙
	Zhangzhou	繳仙, 繳棍, 繳鬼
	Tainan	筊仙, 筊鬼
	Penang (Hokkien)	繳鬼
	Manila (Hokkien)	跋繳仙
	Shantou	賭徒, 跋錢儂
	Jieyang	跋錢蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	賭鬼, 賭佬, 爛賭鬼
Wu	Suzhou	賭鬼
	Hangzhou	賭客
	Ningbo	賭坯, 賭客
Xiang	Changsha	賭痞