弄鬼

Chinese

		to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (弄鬼)		弄	鬼
simp. #(弄鬼)		弄	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nòngguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lōng-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nòngguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nòngguěi
    • Wade–Giles: nung⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: nùng-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nonqgoei
    • Palladius: нунгуй (nunguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōng-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: lōng-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxngkuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kui⁴¹/

Verb

弄鬼

1. to underhand; to manipulate a situation dishonestly
   • 1963, 瓊瑤, chapter 6, in 窗外:

     如果你們沒有弄鬼，那真是身無彩鳳雙飛翼，心有靈犀一點通了。 [MSC, trad.]
     如果你们没有弄鬼，那真是身无彩凤双飞翼，心有灵犀一点通了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rúguǒ nǐmen méiyǒu nòng guǐ, nà zhēn shì shēn wú cǎifèng shuāngfēi yì, xīn yǒu língxī yī diǎn tōng le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)