吸血鬼

Chinese

		to suck blood	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (吸血鬼)		吸血	鬼
simp. #(吸血鬼)		吸血	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxuèguǐ, xīxuěguǐ, xīxiěguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ hyut³ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khip-hiat-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxuèguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisyuèguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsüeh⁴-kuei³
    • Yale: syī-sywè-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiuehgoei
    • Palladius: сисюэгуй (sisjueguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxuěguǐ [Phonetic: xīxuéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisyuěguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsüeh³-kuei³
    • Yale: syī-sywě-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shisheuegoei
    • Palladius: сисюэгуй (sisjueguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxiěguǐ [Phonetic: xīxiéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisiěguěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsieh³-kuei³
    • Yale: syī-syě-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishieegoei
    • Palladius: сисегуй (siseguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ hyut³ gwai²
    • Yale: kāp hyut gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ hyt⁸ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ hüd³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ hyːt̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-hiat-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: khip-hiat-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qip'hiatkuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁵ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kui⁴¹/

Noun

吸血鬼

1. (mythology) vampire

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 嗍血鬼

See also

• 殭屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
• 懶鬼／懒鬼 (lǎnguǐ)
• 醉鬼 (zuìguǐ)
• 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)
• 煙鬼／烟鬼 (yānguǐ)
• 色鬼 (sèguǐ)
• 調皮鬼／调皮鬼 (tiáopíguǐ)
• 搗蛋鬼／捣蛋鬼 (dǎodànguǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吸	血	鬼
きゅう Grade: 6	けつ Grade: 3	き Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative forms

• (wordplay) 吸(きゅう)血(けつ)姫(き) (kyūketsuki, “vampiress”, literally “blood-sucking princess”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうけ​つき [kyùúkéꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) きゅうけつ​き [kyùúkétsúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːke̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

吸(きゅう)血(けつ)鬼(き) • (kyūketsuki) ^{←きふけつき (kifuketuki)?}

1. (mythology) a vampire

   Synonym: ヴァンパイア (vanpaia)

See also

• 血(チ)吸(スイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (chisui kōmori)

Korean

Hanja in this term
吸	血	鬼

Noun

吸血鬼 • (heuphyeolgwi or McCune-Reischauer: hŭphyŏlgwi or Yale: huphyelkwi) (hangeul 흡혈귀)

1. Hanja form^? of 흡혈귀 (“vampire”).