鬼
Meanings · gwai2
- (noun) 1. Westerner; 2. Caucasian; (adverb) 1. really; 2. incredibly
Meanings · gwai2
- ghost
- demon
- terrible
- damnable
- clever
- sly
- crafty
- sinister plot
- (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
- one of the 28 constellations
- spirit of the dead
- devil
- a goblin
- a term of abuse for any ignoble character,fool
- devil
- a surname
- tricky
- deceitful
- mischievous
- unbelievable
- false
- dishonest
- improper
- illicit
- incredibly
- extremely
- the hell
- a mole
- an informer
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 鬼 guǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarindisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭 guǐ); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: gui3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 16 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwai2
Cantonese word readings for 鬼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- ghost; apparition; spirit (Classifier: 隻／只)
- devil; demon
- stealthy; tricky; furtive
- sinister plot; dirty trick
- devilish; damned; ghastly
- (informal) clever; smart; quick
- (derogatory) fool; blockhead; guy; moral imbecile
- (often derogatory) Nickname for people with a flaw or vice; -ard; -holic
- (intimate) imp; urchin
- (regional, derogatory, usually in compounds) Caucasian or Western person
- (Cantonese) traitor; rat; mole
- (Cantonese, ball games) opponent trying to steal the ball
- (Cantonese, inserted in certain adjectives) so; very
- (Cantonese) suspicious
- (mildly vulgar) the hell
- (mildly vulgar) who the hell; what the hell
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