內鬼

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (內鬼)		內	鬼
simp. (内鬼)		内	鬼

Etymology

Perhaps from 內宄／内宄 (nèiguǐ). See 宄 (guǐ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèiguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎi-gúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèiguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèiguěi
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: nèi-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neygoei
    • Palladius: нэйгуй (nɛjguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ gwai²
    • Yale: noih gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎi-gúi
    • Tâi-lô: lǎi-guí
    • IPA (Longyan): /lai⁵³⁻¹¹ ɡui²¹/

Noun

內鬼

1. mole; internal spy
   • 2002, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, Infernal Affairs:

     有內鬼，終止交易 [MSC, trad.]
     有内鬼，终止交易 [MSC, simp.]

     yǒu nèiguǐ, zhōngzhǐ jiāoyì [Pinyin]

     There are moles. Stop the transaction!

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 鬼

See also

• 內奸 (nèijiān)
• 臥底／卧底 (wòdǐ)

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “内鬼”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 227.