鬼食泥

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp
trad. (鬼食泥)		鬼	食	泥
simp. #(鬼食泥)		鬼	食	泥
Literally: “ghost eating mud”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² sik⁶ nai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² sik⁶ nai⁴
    • Yale: gwái sihk nàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² sik⁹ nai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² xig⁶ nei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɪk̚² nɐi̯²¹/

Adverb

鬼食泥

1. (Cantonese) to have slurred speech; to be unable to speak clearly

   佢講嘢鬼食泥噉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢讲嘢鬼食泥噉。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ gwai² sik⁶ nai⁴ gam². [Jyutping]

   His speech is slurred.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 口齒不清／口齿不清 (kǒuchǐbùqīng)