變鬼變怪

Chinese

		to play tricks; to be up to some mischief; to use trickery
trad. (變鬼變怪)		變鬼	變怪
simp. (变鬼变怪)		变鬼	变怪

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìⁿ-kúi-pìⁿ-koài
    • Tâi-lô: pìnn-kuí-pìnn-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvie'kuy'pvie'koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ kuai²¹/

Noun

變鬼變怪

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

Synonyms

• 變鬼／变鬼

References

• “Entry #13342”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.