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吊死鬼
Mandarin · pinyin diào sǐ guǐ
Meanings
- ghost of a person who died by hanging
- hanged person
- (coll.) inchworm
- hangman (word game)
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4–3–3 · diao4 si3 gui3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
diu3 sei2 gwai2
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noun
- ghost of someone who died by hanging; person who died by hanging
- (colloquial) inchworm of Semiothisa cinerearia
- (games) hangman (a guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows)
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