魔鬼

Chinese

		devil	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (魔鬼)		魔	鬼
simp. #(魔鬼)		魔	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): móguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): могуй (moguy, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ gwai²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô-kúi
• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-*gūi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-kúi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mu-kue; ⁶mo-kue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móguěi
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-kuei³
    • Yale: mwó-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mogoei
    • Palladius: могуй (moguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: могуй (moguy, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴ kuei⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ gwai²
    • Yale: mō gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-kúi
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ gui^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ gui³
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ ku̯i³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-*gūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻³³ kui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: môo-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mu-kue; ⁶mo-kue
    • MiniDict: mu^去 kue; mo^去 kue
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu-kue; ³mo-kue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²² kue⁴⁴/, /mo²² kue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ma kjw+jX

Rime
Character	魔	鬼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫婆切	居偉切
Baxter	ma	kjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/kʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/kʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/kiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/kujX/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/kiuəiX/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/kĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/kwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	gwai2

Noun

魔鬼

1. (literally, figuratively) demon; ghost; monster; the devil; an embodiment of evil

Synonyms

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• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
• 妖 (yāo)
• 妖孽 (yāoniè)
• 妖怪 (yāoguài)
• 妖物 (yāowù)
• 妖精 (yāojīng)
• 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
• 妖魔 (yāomó)
• 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怪物 (guàiwu)
• 惡魔／恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
• 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
• 精怪 (jīngguài)
• 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 邪魔 (xiémó)
• 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)

 

Derived terms

• 魔鬼主義／魔鬼主义
• 魔鬼學派／魔鬼学派
• 魔鬼島／魔鬼岛
• 魔鬼湖
• 魔鬼身材 (móguǐ shēncái)
• 魔鬼身裁

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	鬼
ま Grade: S	き Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠kʲi]

Noun

魔(ま)鬼(き) • (maki) 

1. A demon ghost; a monster; the devil; an embodiment of evil (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	鬼

Noun

魔鬼 • (magwi) (hangeul 마귀)

1. hanja form^? of 마귀 (“devil; demon ghost; evil spirit; satan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魔	鬼

Noun

魔鬼

1. chữ Hán form of ma quỷ (“demon ghost; ghost; evil spirit”).