孥囝鬼

Chinese

		child	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (孥囝鬼)		孥囝	鬼
simp. #(孥囝鬼)		孥囝	鬼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nou¹ gian² gui²

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nou¹ gian² gui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nou kiáⁿ kúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ kui⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

孥囝鬼

1. (Teochew, derogatory) child; kid
   • 1959, 董同龢, “四個閩南方言”, in Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, volume 30, number 2, pages 903–904:

     tsi˨˥ (k)ai˩˩ tsə˧˧ tse˧˧ tsu˨˥ dzeŋ˥˥ tʰoi˨˥ kĩ˥˩ lim˩˩ tai˩˩ kʰim˧˧ si˩˩ tsek˩ kai˩˩ nou˧˧ kiã˨˥ kui˥˩ m˩˩ siaŋ˧˧ seŋ˥˩ i˧˧ u˩˩ hak˩ mŋ˩˩ ho˩˥ lai˩˩ tso˥˨ seŋ˧˧ sẽ˧˧

     只個書齋主人睇見林大欽是一個孥囝鬼，唔相信伊有學問好來做先生 [Teochew, trad.]
     只个书斋主人睇见林大钦是一个孥囝鬼，唔相信伊有学问好来做先生 [Teochew, simp.]

     zi² gai⁵ ze¹ zê¹ zu² reng⁵ toi² gin³ Lim⁵ Dai⁶ kim¹ si⁶ zêg⁸ gai⁵ nou¹ gian² gui², m⁶ siang¹ sêng³ i¹ u⁶ hak⁸ mng⁷ ho² lai⁵ zo³ sêng¹ sên¹ [Peng'im]

     When the principal of the school saw that Lim Dai Kim was only a boy, he could not believe that he had enough learning to be a teacher