xuất quỷ nhập thần

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 出鬼入神, from Literary Chinese 出鬼入神 (literally “to come out like a ghost, to come in like a god”). Compare Chinese 神出鬼沒／神出鬼没 (thần xuất quỷ một).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [swət̚˧˦ kwi˧˩ ɲəp̚˧˨ʔ tʰən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [swək̚˦˧˥ kwɪj˧˨ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ tʰəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥ wɪj˨˩˦ ɲəp̚˨˩˨ tʰəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

xuất quỷ nhập thần

(of people) greatly elusive

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