見鬼

See also: 见鬼

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (見鬼)		見	鬼
simp. (见鬼)		见	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kìⁿ-kúi / kiàn-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànguěi
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: jyàn-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngoei
    • Palladius: цзяньгуй (czjanʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ gwai²
    • Yale: gin gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kìnn-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvie'kuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkuie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

見鬼

1. (literally) to see a ghost
2. (figurative) to have bad luck; to be ridiculous; to be absurd; to be funny

   真是見鬼了／真是见鬼了  ―  zhēn shì jiànguǐ le  ―  how strange / what a bad day

3. to go to hell (as an expression of anger)

   見鬼去吧！／见鬼去吧！  ―  Jiànguǐ qù ba!  ―  To hell with it!

Synonyms

• (to have bad luck): 撞鬼, 撞邪

Derived terms

• 白日見鬼／白日见鬼 (báirì-jiànguǐ)
• 白晝見鬼／白昼见鬼 (báizhòu-jiànguǐ)