吊死鬼

Chinese

		to hang; to hang oneself	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (吊死鬼)		吊死	鬼
simp. ^#(吊死鬼)		吊死	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàosǐguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ sei² gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàosǐguǐ [Phonetic: diàosíguǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàosǐhguěi
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-ssŭ³-kuei³
  - Yale: dyàu-sž-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawsyygoei
  - Palladius: дяосыгуй (djaosyguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu³ sei² gwai²
  - Yale: diu séi gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ sei² gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu³ séi² guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ sei̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

吊死鬼

inchworm
(games, colloquial) 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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