鬼迷心竅

See also: 鬼迷心窍

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	capacity for clear thinking
trad. (鬼迷心竅)		鬼	迷	心竅
simp. (鬼迷心窍)		鬼	迷	心窍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐmíxīnqiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐmíxīnqiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěimísinciào
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-mi²-hsin¹-chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: gwěi-mí-syīn-chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimishinchiaw
    • Palladius: гуймисиньцяо (gujmisinʹcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐmíxīnqiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěimísinciàor
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-mi²-hsin¹-chʻiao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwěi-mí-syīn-chyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimishinchiawl
    • Palladius: гуймисиньцяор (gujmisinʹcjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
    • Yale: gwái màih sām hiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² mei⁴ sem¹ hiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ mɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/

Idiom

鬼迷心竅

1. to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something