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酒鬼

jiǔguǐ
nounHSK 5

“Drunkard” in Chinese is 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ).

Meaning

  • drunkard

Example

我母亲是个酒鬼。

My mother was an alcoholic.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jiǔHSK 210 strokeswine (esp. rice wine)guǐHSK 59 strokesdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil

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