鬼 gwai² {guǐ}

(noun) 1. Westerner; 2. Caucasian; (adverb) 1. really; 2. incredibly

鬼 gwai² {guǐ}

1. ghost
2. demon
3. terrible
4. damnable
5. clever
6. sly
7. crafty
8. sinister plot
9. (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
10. one of the 28 constellations

鬼才 gwai² coi⁴ {guǐ cái}

genius;wizard;talent; 'no one will…'; 'who would…'13

鬼打 gwai² daa² {guǐ dǎ}

unbelievably; outrageously; (exclamatory phrase) 鬼打!: utterly impossible!; sheer nonsense!; simply absurb!; nothing of the sort!; 鬼打呀! / 鬼打咩!: "you must have been possessed"; "what has gotten into you!"; "what's up with you"

鬼火 gwai² fo² {guǐ huǒ}

(adjective) )(the degree of beauty) So; Very

鬼咁 gwai² gam² {guǐ gān}

so (spoken)

鬼噉〔-啖〕 gwai² gam² {guǐ dàn}

extremely; terribly; horribly; immensely; outrageously

鬼古 gwai² gu² {guǐ gǔ}

a ghost story

鬼故 gwai² gu³ {guǐ gù}

ghost stories;a horror story

鬼影 gwai² jing² {guǐ yǐng}

ghost (human) shadow, normally used in the context鬼影都冇隻 when a place is completely deserted, with not even a shadow present

鬼馬〔-马〕 gwai² maa⁵ {guǐ mǎ}

(adjective) funny; hilarious; comical; sly

鬼迷 gwai² mai⁴ {guǐ mí}

(to be bewitched by ghost); to be under a spell

鬼妹 gwai² mui¹ {guǐ mèi}

(noun) western girl; caucasian girl

鬼死 gwai² sei² {guǐ sǐ}

so (spoken)

鬼祟 gwai² seoi⁶ {guǐ suì}

sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

鬼市 gwai² si⁵ {guǐ shì}

overnight market

鬼鼠 gwai² syu² {guǐ shǔ}

(adjective) sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

鬼頭〔-头〕 gwai² tau⁴ {guǐ tóu}

a foreigner (originally a term for a foreign military officer)

鬼混 gwai² wan⁶ {guǐ hùn}

(slang) (of relationship) Affair

鬼搰 gwai² wat⁶ {guǐ hú}

cunning

鬼責〔-责〕 gwai² zaak³ {guǐ zé}

(to be pressed down by a ghost); feeling of something pressing down on a person during sleep

鬼仔 gwai² zai² {guǐ zǎi}

(noun) western boy; caucasian boy

鬼知 gwai² zi¹ {guǐ zhī}

god knows (spoken)

鬼節〔-节〕 gwai² zit³ {Guǐ jié}

ghost festival;Obon festival; Halloween

鬼扯 gwai² ce² {guǐ chě}

1. nonsense
2. humbug
3. bunk
4. bullshit

鬼火 gwai² fo² {guǐ huǒ}

1. will-o'-the-wisp
2. jack-o'-lantern

鬼叫 gwai² giu³ {guǐ jiào}

1. (coll.) to holler
2. to squawk

鬼怪 gwai² gwaai³ {guǐ guài}

1. hobgoblin
2. bogey
3. monstrosity
4. phantom (aircraft type)

鬼鴞〔-鸮〕 gwai² hiu¹ {guǐ xiāo}

(Chinese bird species) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)

鬼樓〔-楼〕 gwai² lau⁴ {guǐ lóu}

haunted house

鬼臉〔-脸〕 gwai² lim⁵ {guǐ liǎn}

1. wry face
2. to grimace
3. to pull a face
4. comic face
5. face mask
6. devil mask

鬼佬 gwai² lou² {guǐ lǎo}

1. foreigner (Cantonese)
2. Westerner

鬼魅 gwai² mei⁶ {guǐ mèi}

1. demon
2. monster

鬼魔 gwai² mo¹ {guǐ mó}

Devil (in Jewish and Christian mythology)

鬼婆 gwai² po⁴ {guǐ pó}

Caucasian woman (Cantonese)

鬼神 gwai² san⁴ {guǐ shén}

supernatural beings

鬼胎 gwai² toi¹ {guǐ tāi}

1. sinister design
2. ulterior motive

鬼屋 gwai² uk¹ {guǐ wū}

haunted house

鬼話〔-话〕 gwai² waa⁶ {guǐ huà}

1. lie
2. false words
3. nonsense
4. CL: 篇

鬼魂 gwai² wan⁴ {guǐ hún}

ghost

鬼混 gwai² wan⁶ {guǐ hùn}

1. to hang around
2. to fool around
3. to live aimlessly

鬼蜮 gwai² wik⁶ {guǐ yù}

1. treacherous person
2. evil spirit

鬼子 gwai² zi² {guǐ zi}

1. devils
2. refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese

鬼揞眼 gwai² am² ngaan⁵ {guǐ ǎn yǎn}

a situation where a person can't see or notice something obvious; literally: 'ghost blocking the vision'; a Freudian slip

鬼打鬼 gwai² daa² gwai² {guǐ dǎ guǐ}

(slang) infighting; internecine conflict of the people involved; quarrel among a group internally; falling out amongst villians

鬼都怕 gwai² dou¹ paa³ {guǐ dōu pà}

(literally: even the ghost would be afraid); to describe something which will scare everyone

鬼佬話〔--话〕 gwai² lou² waa⁶ {guǐ lǎo huà}

foreign languages (English)

鬼佬齋〔--斋〕 gwai² lou² zaai¹ {guǐ lǎo zhāi}

western-style vegetable cuisine

鬼馬事〔-马-〕 gwai² maa⁵ si⁶ {guǐ mǎ shì}

a shameful matter; something which gives one a guilty conscience

鬼面罩 gwai² min⁶ zaau³ {guǐ miàn zhào}

front air grid/grille or front hood protector / guard of a vehicle; a motoribike mask; the front fairing cowl of a motorbike

鬼死咁 gwai² sei² gam² {guǐ sǐ gān}

so (spoken)

鬼食泥 gwai² sik⁶ nai⁴ {guǐ shí ní}

gabble / mumble / murmur, describes the way one talks which makes it hard for others to comprehend

鬼上身 gwai² soeng⁵ san¹ {guǐ shàng shēn}

(phrasal verb) to be possessed by ghosts or spirits

鬼剃頭〔--头〕 gwai² tai³ tau⁴ {guǐ tì tóu}

alopecia

鬼頭仔〔-头-〕 gwai² tau⁴ zai² {guǐ tóu zǐ}

a traitor, a term commonly used specifically to refer to a police informant

鬼仔戲〔--戏〕 gwai² zai² hei³ {guǐ zǐ xì}

a puppet show

鬼主意 gwai² zyu² ji³ {guǐ zhǔ yi}

evil plan; wicked idea

鬼壓床〔-压-〕 gwai² aat³ cong⁴ {guǐ yā chuáng}

(coll.) sleep paralysis

鬼把戲〔--戏〕 gwai² baa² hei³ {guǐ bǎ xì}

1. sinister plot
2. dirty trick
3. cheap trick

鬼扯腳〔--脚〕 gwai² ce² goek³ {guǐ chě jiǎo}

1. lit. ghost pulls your leg
2. involuntary tug of muscles
3. fig. very unlucky
4. fig. argumentative
5. fig. can't help doing it

鬼扯腿 gwai² ce² teoi² {guǐ chě tuǐ}

1. lit. ghost pulls your leg
2. involuntary tug of muscles
3. fig. very unlucky
4. fig. argumentative
5. fig. can't help doing it

鬼才信 gwai² coi⁴ seon³ {guǐ cái xìn}

1. who would believe it!
2. what rubbish!

鬼火綠〔--绿〕 gwai² fo² luk⁶ {guǐ huǒ lǜ}

1. (dialect) flaming mad
2. furious

鬼故事 gwai² gu³ si⁶ {guǐ gù shi}

ghost story

鬼門關〔-门关〕 gwai² mun⁴ gwaan¹ {guǐ mén guān}

the gates of hell

鬼天氣〔--气〕 gwai² tin¹ hei³ {guǐ tiān qì}

awful weather

鬼畫符〔-画-〕 gwai² waak⁶ fu⁴ {guǐ huà fú}

1. undecipherable handwriting
2. scribblings
3. (fig.) hypocritical talk

鬼出電入〔--电-〕 gwai² ceot¹ din⁶ jap⁶ {guǐ chū diàn rù}

full of rapid changes and wizardlike elusiveness

鬼火咁靚〔---靓〕 gwai² fo² gam² leng³ {guǐ huǒ gān jìng}

so pretty; so hot (spoken)

鬼鬼鼠鼠 gwai² gwai² syu² syu² {guǐ guǐ shǔ shǔ}

(adjective) sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

鬼靈精怪〔-灵--〕 gwai² ling⁴ zing¹ gwaai³ {guǐ líng jīng guài}

mischievous; strange; grotesque; weird; bizarre; quick-witted

鬼佬涼茶〔--凉-〕 gwai² lou² loeng⁴ caa⁴ {guǐ lǎo liáng chá}

beer (slang)

鬼五馬六〔--马-〕 gwai² ng⁵ maa⁵ luk⁶ {guǐ wǔ mǎ liù}

(slang) (of people) weird; bizarre; to act eccentrically; witty; to be full of devilish tricks and cunning strategies

鬼殺噉聲〔-杀啖声〕 gwai² saat³ gam² seng¹ {guǐ shā dàn shēng}

the sound of a horrible scream; very noisy

鬼殺咁嘈〔-杀--〕 gwai² saat³ gam³ cou⁴ {guǐ shā gān cáo}

(adj.) to describe someone who is very noisy and annoying; to make a big fuss about something

鬼聲鬼氣〔-声-气〕 gwai² seng¹ gwai² hei³ {guǐ shēng guǐ qì}

a strange / horrible sounding; literally 'speaking like a ghost'

鬼蜮伎倆〔---俩〕 gwai² wik⁶ gei⁶ loeng⁵ {guǐ yù jì liǎng}

devilish stratagem; devilish tricks; malicious intrigues

鬼斧神工 gwai² fu² san⁴ gung¹ {guǐ fǔ shén gōng}

1. supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
2. uncanny workmanship
3. superlative craftsmanship

鬼計多端〔-计--〕 gwai² gai³ do¹ dyun¹ {guǐ jì duō duān}

1. full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
2. sly
3. crafty
4. malicious

鬼鬼祟祟 gwai² gwai² seoi⁶ seoi⁶ {guǐ guǐ suì suì}

1. sneaky
2. secretive
3. evil spirit

鬼哭狼嚎 gwai² huk¹ long⁴ hou⁴ {guǐ kū láng háo}

to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)

鬼由心生 gwai² jau⁴ sam¹ sang¹ {guǐ yóu xīn shēng}

1. devils are born in the heart (idiom)
2. fears originate in the mind

鬼迷心竅〔---窍〕 gwai² mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³ {guǐ mí xīn qiào}

1. to be obsessed
2. to be possessed

鬼怕惡人〔--恶-〕 gwai² paa³ ok³ jan⁴ {guǐ pà è rén}

1. lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
2. an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)

鬼使神差 gwai² si² san⁴ caai¹ {guǐ shǐ shén chāi}

1. demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
2. curious coincidence

鬼頭鬼腦〔-头-脑〕 gwai² tau⁴ gwai² nou⁵ {guǐ tóu guǐ nǎo}

1. sneaky
2. furtive

鬼話連篇〔-话连-〕 gwai² waa⁶ lin⁴ pin¹ {guǐ huà lián piān}

1. to tell one lie after another (idiom)
2. to talk nonsense
3. bogus story

鬼影都冇隻〔----只〕 gwai² jing² dou¹ mou⁵ zek³ {guǐ yǐng dōu mǎo zhī}

do not see anyone; a deserted place (spoken)

鬼拍後尾枕〔--后--〕 gwai² paak³ hau⁶ mei⁵ zam² {guǐ pāi hòu wěi zhěn}

slips of the tongue; Freudian slip (slang)

鬼食泥噉聲〔---啖声〕 gwai² sik⁶ nai⁴ gam² seng¹ {guǐ shí ní dàn shēng}

murmuring

鬼打都冇咁醒 gwai² daa² dou¹ mou⁵ gam³ sing² {guǐ dǎ dōu mǎo gān xǐng}

very clever, smart, ingenuity