鬧鬼

See also: 闹鬼

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (鬧鬼)		鬧	鬼
simp. (闹鬼)		闹	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàoguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-kúi / nāu-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàoguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàoguěi
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: nàu-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nawgoei
    • Palladius: наогуй (naoguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ gwai²
    • Yale: naauh gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxkuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxkuie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãu²²⁻²¹ kui⁵³/

Verb

鬧鬼

1. (literal) to be haunted

   這房子常常鬧鬼。 [MSC, trad.]
   这房子常常闹鬼。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè fángzi chángcháng nàoguǐ. [Pinyin]

   This house is haunted.

2. (figurative) to play tricks on someone