New Members Griffin Posted June 11, 2019 at 03:24 PM New Members Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 at 03:24 PM Can someone please translate this tattoo please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted June 11, 2019 at 06:35 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 at 06:35 PM Looks like a distorted 鬼鼠 "white rat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted June 12, 2019 at 10:01 AM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 10:01 AM Is 鬼 white? I know of it as clever, sly or crafty. As usual I may well be wrong but just checking for my own peace of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurstmann Posted June 12, 2019 at 10:47 AM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 10:47 AM I found that online: 「鬼鼠」是廣東的習慣語,意思是「閃閃縮縮」、「偷偷摸摸」,辦事見不得光。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted June 12, 2019 at 11:45 AM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 11:45 AM 54 minutes ago, Wurstmann said: I found that online: 「鬼鼠」是廣東的習慣語,意思是「閃閃縮縮」、「偷偷摸摸」,辦事見不得光。 Yup, and often in reduplicated form 鬼鬼鼠鼠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted June 12, 2019 at 03:42 PM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 03:42 PM Wow I thought it was 鬼鬼祟祟 but Pleco is now telling me it's a variant of 鬼鬼鼠鼠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted June 12, 2019 at 06:06 PM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 06:06 PM 鬼鬼祟祟 in Mandarin, it would appear 鬼鬼鼠鼠 is specific to Cantonese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted June 12, 2019 at 07:03 PM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 07:03 PM Lol I definitely meant I thought “gwai2 syu2” was written 鬼祟 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted June 12, 2019 at 07:10 PM Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 at 07:10 PM Haha I was like how does he not know that…? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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