為食鬼

Chinese

		gluttonous	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (為食鬼/爲食鬼)		為食/爲食	鬼
simp. (为食鬼)		为食	鬼

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sik⁶ gwai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ sik⁶ gwai²
    • Yale: waih sihk gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sik⁹ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xig⁶ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɪk̚² kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

為食鬼

1. (Cantonese) glutton; greedy eater; gourmand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 饞嘴 (“glutton; greedy eater”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		饞嘴, 饞鬼, 饕餮, 饞貓 humorous, 餓鬼, 饞蟲
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	饞鬼, 饞嘴巴子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	饞人, 饞老婆 woman
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	餓痞癆, 餓癆兒, 餓癆餓痞, 饞貓
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	饞死貓兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	餓牢鬼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	饞癆鬼 humorous
Cantonese	Guangzhou	為食貓, 為食鬼, 為食啄, 砧板蟻
	Hong Kong	為食貓, 為食鬼
Hakka	Meixian	餓癆鬼, 好食鬼
Jin	Taiyuan	饞屄嘴 child
	Xinzhou	餓死鬼
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	監囚
	Tainan	監囚 GT
	Shantou	好食鬼
Wu	Shanghai	饞癆蟲, 饞癆坯, 饞坯, 餓殺鬼 derogatory
	Shanghai (Chongming)	饞精, 饞物事
	Danyang	饞皮嘴, 饞煞佬
	Hangzhou	饞癆坯, 饞嘴婆
	Ningbo	饞癆蟲, 饞癆丫碼
Xiang	Changsha	餓癆鬼