Chinese symbol for “drunkard”
酒鬼
jiǔ guǐ
drunkard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drunkard is 酒鬼 (jiǔ guǐ), defined as: drunkard.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “drunkard”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 醉鬼 | zuì guǐ | drunkard |
| 酒徒 | jiǔ tú | drunkard |
| 醉汉 (醉漢) | zuì hàn | intoxicated man; drunkard |
| 醉翁 | zuì wēng | wine-lover; drinker |
| 酒蒙子 | jiǔ mēng zi | (dialect) drunkard; alcoholic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 酒鬼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 酒吧 | jiǔ bā | bar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 喝酒 | hē jiǔ | to drink (alcohol) |
| 啤酒 | pí jiǔ | beer (loanword); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) |
| 酒精 | jiǔ jīng | (coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol |
| 葡萄酒 | pú tao jiǔ | (grape) wine |
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drunkard”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.