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怕死鬼

paa3 sei2 gwai2

pa4 si3 gui3

coward--literally, death-fearing ghost

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 17,300

怕死鬼

怕 paa3 pa4 bo2 po4 - fear; dread; afraid; scared
死 sei2 si2 si3 - die, dead; death
鬼 gwai2 gui3 - ghost; spirit; devil; dark; evil

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你係個怕死鬼。粵 edit
You are a coward.

This word was added by Emerald on 8th Apr 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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