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

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/

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/	/kʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/kʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/kiuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/kuj^X/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/kiuəi^X/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/kĭwəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/kwe̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo⁴	gwai²

Noun

魔鬼

(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

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)

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)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魔	鬼

Noun

魔鬼

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