鬼迷心竅

See also: 鬼迷心窍

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	capacity for clear thinking
trad. (鬼迷心竅)		鬼	迷	心竅
simp. (鬼迷心窍)		鬼	迷	心窍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐmíxīnqiào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐmíxīnqiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěimísinciào
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-mi²-hsin¹-chʻiao⁴
  - Yale: gwěi-mí-syīn-chyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimishinchiaw
  - Palladius: гуймисиньцяо (gujmisinʹcjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐmíxīnqiàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěimísinciàor
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-mi²-hsin¹-chʻiao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: gwěi-mí-syīn-chyàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeimishinchiawl
  - Palladius: гуймисиньцяор (gujmisinʹcjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
  - Yale: gwái màih sām hiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² mei⁴ sem¹ hiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ mɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/

Idiom

鬼迷心竅

to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something
一時鬼迷心竅，令他後悔不已。 [MSC, trad.]
一时鬼迷心窍，令他后悔不已。 [MSC, simp.]
Yīshí guǐmíxīnqiào, lìng tā hòuhuǐ bùyǐ. [Pinyin]
For a moment he was confused and later regretted it deeply.