食鬼

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (食鬼)		食	鬼
simp. ^#(食鬼)		食	鬼
Literally: “to eat ghost”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shíguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shíguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhguěi
  - Wade–Giles: Shih²-kuei³
  - Yale: Shŕ-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrgoei
  - Palladius: Шигуй (Šiguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ gwai²
  - Yale: sihk gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Proper noun

食鬼

(Hong Kong) Pac-Man (video game)

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 吃豆人, 吃豆子
(Taiwan) 小精靈／小精灵

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