綠豆鬼

Chinese

		mung bean	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (綠豆鬼)		綠豆	鬼
simp. (绿豆鬼)		绿豆	鬼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-tāu-kúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-tāu-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-tāu-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legdauxkuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² tau³³⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² tau²²⁻²¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² tau³³⁻²¹ kui⁴¹/

Noun

綠豆鬼

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) small and hard mung beans that do not break down after a long time of cooking (and are therefore discarded)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 豆鬼