魔神仔

Chinese

		ghost; demon; evil spirit	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (魔神仔)		魔神	仔
simp. #(魔神仔)		魔神	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-sîn-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-sîn-á
    • Tâi-lô: môo-sîn-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mosin'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² sin¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

魔神仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) ghosts and monsters
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) madman; lunatic; crazy person

Synonyms

• (ghosts and monsters): 鬼魅 (guǐmèi)
• (madman): 狂人 (kuángrén)

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋子 (“lunatic; mad person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		狂人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋子, 瘋人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘋子
	Taiwan	瘋子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘋子, 瘋漢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	痴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	瘋子
	Xi'an	瘋子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瘋子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘋子
	Wuhan	瘋子, 魔氣, 八面威, 八面
	Guilin	瘋子, 癲子
	Pingle	瘋子, 癲子
	Liuzhou	癲子, 癲婆 woman, 癲崽 man
	Luzhai	瘋子, 癲子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瘋人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瘋子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瘋人
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瘋人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瘋子
	Hefei	瘋子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 癲仔 boy, 癲女 girl, 傻佬 man
	Hong Kong	癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 黐線佬 man, 黐線婆 woman, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	癲佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	發癲佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	癲佬
	Yangjiang	戇佬 man, 戇婆 woman, 戇仔 boy, 戇妹 girl
	Beihai	癲佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	癲仔, 癲佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	癲佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	癲仔, 癲佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	癲佬
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	癲佬
	Móng Cái	癲仔, 癲佬
Gan	Nanchang	瘋子
	Pingxiang	癲子, 癲婆子 woman
Hakka	Meixian	癲仔, 癲鬼, 癲牯 man, 癲嫲 woman
	Hong Kong	發癲佬, 懵佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	戇佬
Jin	Taiyuan	瘋子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	發癲仔, 發癲婆 woman
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲脬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟的, 神經的
	Quanzhou	痟的, 神經的
	Zhangzhou	魔神仔, 魔的, 神經的
	Tainan	痟的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟囝
	Chaozhou	痟
	Shantou	痟囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	痟儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	痟儂
	Leizhou	妃戇
Puxian Min	Putian	痟神
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	癲佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	癲崽 man
Wu	Shanghai	痴子, 瘋子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	痴子
	Suzhou	痴子
	Danyang	瘋子
	Wenzhou	癲人
	Jinhua	癲鬼兒 man, 癲婆 woman
Xiang	Changsha	癲子, 瘋子, 八面子
	Loudi	癲子, 癲婆子 woman
	Shuangfeng	癲子