食鬼

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (食鬼)		食	鬼
simp. #(食鬼)		食	鬼
Literally: “to eat ghost”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shíguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shíguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhguěi
    • Wade–Giles: Shih²-kuei³
    • Yale: Shŕ-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrgoei
    • Palladius: Шигуй (Šiguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ gwai²
    • Yale: sihk gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Proper noun

食鬼

1. (Hong Kong) Pac-Man (video game)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 吃豆人, 吃豆子
• (Taiwan) 小精靈／小精灵