內鬼

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (內鬼)		內	鬼
simp. (内鬼)		内	鬼

Etymology

Perhaps from 內宄／内宄 (nèiguǐ). See 宄 (guǐ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nèiguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nèiguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nèiguěi
  - Wade–Giles: nei⁴-kuei³
  - Yale: nèi-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neygoei
  - Palladius: нэйгуй (nɛjguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ kweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ gwai²
  - Yale: noih gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

內鬼

mole; internal spy
- 有內鬼，終止交易 [MSC, trad.]
  有内鬼，终止交易 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2002, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, Infernal Affairs
  yǒu nèiguǐ, zhōngzhǐ jiāoyì [Pinyin]
  There are moles. Stop the transaction!

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 鬼

See also

內奸／内奸 (nèijiān)
臥底／卧底 (wòdǐ)

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