替死鬼

Chinese

		to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (替死鬼)		替	死	鬼
simp. #(替死鬼)		替	死	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tìsǐguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тисыгуй (tisɨguy, III-I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ sei² gwai²
• Jin (Wiktionary): ti³ si^2-1 gui²
• Northern Min (KCR): ta̿i-sǐ-gṳ̌
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thòe-sí-kúi / thè-sí-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìsǐguǐ [Phonetic: tìsíguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìsǐhguěi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ssŭ³-kuei³
    • Yale: tì-sž-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyygoei
    • Palladius: тисыгуй (tisyguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тисыгуй (tisɨguy, III-I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁴⁴ sz̩²⁴ kuei⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³ sei² gwai²
    • Yale: tai séi gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ sei² gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³ séi² guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ sei̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ti³ si^2-1 gui²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /tʰi⁴⁵ sz̩⁵³⁻¹¹ kuei⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ta̿i-sǐ-gṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai³³ si²¹ ky²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-sí-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-sí-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toeasy'kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-sí-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: thè-sí-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teasy'kuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴¹/

Noun

替死鬼

1. scapegoat (someone punished for someone else's errors)

Synonyms

• 替罪羊 (tìzuìyáng)