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[1] [n] ghost; spirit; apparition [2] [n] devil (a term of contempt or endearment) [3] [adj] dishonest; improper; illicit [4] [adj] terrible; horrible; damnable [5] [n] sinister plot; dirty trick [6] [粵] [adv] incredibly; extremely [7] [粵] [adv] the hell (used as infix)  Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 23417 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th May 2011 15:04 |
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咁鬼
gam3 gwai2 = so very 粵
鬼鼠
gwai2 syu2 = sneaky; sneakily 粵
搞鬼
gaau2 gwai2 = play tricks
鬼故事
gwai2 gu3 si6 = a ghost story
鬼故
gwai2 gu3*2 = a ghost story 粵
鬼知
gwai2 zi1 = who the hell knows 粵
鬼城
gwai2 sing4 = ghost city
鬧鬼
naau6 gwai2 = be haunted
猛鬼
maang5 gwai2 = fierce ghost; severely haunted
冇鬼用
mou5 gwai2 jung6 = no bloody use 粵See all 187 compounds (CantoDict reports 193 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 鬼
嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly! [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]
佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼 粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward. [Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼]
因為唔知底細，所以暫時叫佢紅鬼 粵
Since we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now. [Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost. ("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 鬼
Unicode code for this character: U+9b3c (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 鬼
Unicode code for this character: U+9b3c (off-site link)
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