變鬼

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (變鬼)		變	鬼
simp. (变鬼)		变	鬼

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìⁿ-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: pìnn-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvie'kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/

Verb

變鬼

1. (Southern Min) to play tricks; to be up to some mischief; to use trickery

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)
• 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
• 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)
• 變魍／变魍 (Hokkien)
• 起事 (Hokkien)
• 起空 (Hokkien)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)

 

Derived terms

• 變鬼變怪／变鬼变怪