# 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ) means “drunkard; heavy drinker”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: drunkard; heavy drinker
- Pinyin: jiǔguǐ (jiu3 gui3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他以前是个酒鬼，现在戒酒了。
  Tā yǐqián shì gè jiǔguǐ, xiànzài jièjiǔ le.
  He used to be a drunkard, but now he has quit drinking.

## Characters

- [酒](https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-wine/) (jiǔ): wine; liquor
- [鬼](https://hanziro.com/word/gui-ghost/) (guǐ): ghost; spirit

https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-gui-drunkard/

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