鬼鬼祟祟

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	ghost; sly; crafty	evil spirit	evil spirit
trad. (鬼鬼祟祟)		鬼	鬼	祟	祟
simp. #(鬼鬼祟祟)		鬼	鬼	祟	祟
AABB-type reduplication of 鬼祟 (guǐsuì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐguǐsuìsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² gwai² seoi⁶ seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐguǐsuìsuì [Phonetic: guíguǐsuìsuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěiguěisuèisuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-kuei³-sui⁴-sui⁴
    • Yale: gwěi-gwěi-swèi-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeigoeisueysuey
    • Palladius: гуйгуйсуйсуй (gujgujsujsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² gwai² seoi⁶ seoi⁶
    • Yale: gwái gwái seuih seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² gwai² soey⁶ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² guei² sêu⁶ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɵy̯²² sɵy̯²²/

Adjective

鬼鬼祟祟

1. furtive; sneaking; stealthy

   • 他們這羣人，又想喫人，又是鬼鬼祟祟，想法子遮掩，不敢直捷下手，真要令我笑死。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们这羣人，又想吃人，又是鬼鬼祟祟，想法子遮掩，不敢直捷下手，真要令我笑死。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1918; Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary, Part 4

     Tāmen zhè qún rén, yòu xiǎng chī rén, yòu shì guǐguǐsuìsuì, xiǎng fǎzi zhēyǎn, bùgǎn zhíjié xiàshǒu, zhēn yào lìng wǒ xiàosǐ. [Pinyin]

     Not only do these guys want to eat people, they also want to be sneaky about it. They want to cover it up. They don't dare do anything too overtly. I find it all thoroughly laughable.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 鬼鬼鼠鼠