走鬼

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 May 2017

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (走鬼)		走	鬼
simp. #(走鬼)		走	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒuguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuguǐ [Phonetic: zóuguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒuguěi
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-kuei³
    • Yale: dzǒu-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoougoei
    • Palladius: цзоугуй (czouguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau² gwai²
    • Yale: jáu gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 走鬼 酒鬼

Verb

走鬼

1. (chiefly Cantonese, of an illegal hawker) to abandon one's roadside stall and flee when hawker control teams are imminent

   • 走鬼呀，快啲走喇，個魁斗冇人情講㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     走鬼呀，快啲走喇，个魁斗冇人情讲㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, So Man Hing (蘇萬興), 《講開有段古：老餅潮語III》, Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited

     zau² gwai² aa³, faai³ di¹ zau² laa³, go³ fui¹ dau² mou⁵ jan⁴ cing⁴ gong² gaa³! [Jyutping]

     Run! Run quickly! Those gweilo won't be so kind!