# 鬼仔
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^2$ zai$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kúi-é
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-á
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^2$ zai$^2$
*** Yale: gwái jái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^2$ dzai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^2$ zei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúi-é
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˋ$ e$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^3$ e$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ku̯i³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Neipu): /ku̯i³¹ e³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-á
*** Tâi-lô: kuí-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuyar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

### Noun

鬼仔
* (Cantonese, derogatory) male foreigner; Caucasian boy or young male
    From: 2010, 余迪偉, 《筆舉直插》, page 11
    naa$^5$ zau$^6$ zing$^3$ jyu$^4$ ngo$^5$ mun$^4$ zoi$^6$ hoeng$^1$ gong$^2$ jat$^1$ hei$^2$ zoeng$^2$ daai$^6$ dik$^1$ zung$^1$ siu$^2$ hok$^6$ tung$^4$ hok$^6$, ji$^4$ man$^4$ waak$^6$ lau$^4$ hok$^6$ ngoi$^6$ gwok$^3$ sou$^3$ nin$^4$, wui$^4$ lau$^4$ hau$^6$ bin$^6$ baan$^6$ zok$^3$ gwai$^2$ mui$^{6-1}$ gwai$^2$ zai$^2$, bat$^1$ si$^6$ mun$^5$ hau$^2$ zi$^2$ syut$^3$ jing$^1$ jyu$^5$ bin$^6$ si$^6$ mui$^5$ jat$^1$ geoi$^3$ gwong$^2$ dung$^1$ waa$^{6-2}$ jaa$^5$ jiu$^3$ gaap$^3$ zaap$^6$ jat$^1$ loeng$^5$ go$^3$ jing$^1$ man$^{4-2}$ zi$^6$, sam$^6$ waak$^6$ si$^6$ syut$^3$ jau$^5$ gwai$^2$ lou$^2$ hau$^2$ jam$^1$ dik$^1$ gwong$^2$ dung$^1$ waa$^{6-2}$! [Jyutping]
    It's just like our primary or secondary school classmates who grew up with us in Hong Kong. After immigrating to studying abroad for many years, when they come back, they act like foreigners. If it is not speaking only English, it is putting a few English words into every sentence of Cantonese, or even speaking Cantonese with a whitewashed accent.
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) ghost
* (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) little devil from hell
* (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, playing cards) joker
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) domestic servant (used by women as a nickname, sometimes in a rebuking manner)

#### Synonyms

* (ghost):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鬼 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鬼, 鬼魂, 亡靈, 亡魂, 幽靈, 幽魂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鬼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鬼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鬼, 好兄弟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鬼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鬼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鬼, 二五子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鬼, 矮老子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鬼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鬼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鬼, 污糟嘢, 嗰啲嘢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鬼 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鬼, 好兄弟 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鬼 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鬼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鬼 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鬼, 鬼仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬼, 鬼仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鬼, 鬼仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鬼 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鬼, 鬼仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鬼 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鬼 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鬼 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鬼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鬼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鬼 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鬼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鬼 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鬼仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鬼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鬼, 好兄弟 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鬼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鬼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鬼, 野客, 徐天老爺 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鬼 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 鬼, 老本煙 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鬼 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鬼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鬼, 矮路子, 浸老倌, 田几么, 田老倌 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 鬼 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鬼 |
| Xiang | Hengshan | 鬼 |
* (joker): 鬼牌 (guǐpái), 皇牌, 小丑牌, 百搭牌

#### Derived terms

* 死查某鬼仔
* 水鬼仔
* 耳空鬼仔
* 送鬼仔
* 養鬼仔／养鬼仔
* 鬼仔人
* 鬼仔墟
* 鬼仔屁
* 鬼仔戲／鬼仔戏
* 鬼仔火
* 鬼仔節／鬼仔节
* 鬼仔風／鬼仔风

#### See also

* 鬼佬 (guǐlǎo)
* 番鬼仔 (faan1 gwai2 zai2)