英语单词趣谈:25个与“鬼”有关的词汇
时间:2016-07-31 15:17:51
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I’m particularly fond of affix1 characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant2 an example than 鬼 guǐ (“ghost; devil”)?
魔鬼 mguǐ (“evil devil”) –
demon3
懒鬼 lǎnguǐ (“lazy devil”) – lazybones
酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (“alcohol ghost”) –
alcoholic4; drunkard
醉鬼 zuguǐ (“drunk devil”) – drunkard
调皮鬼 tiáopguǐ (“naughty devil”) – naughty child
捣蛋鬼 dǎodnguǐ (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6
吸血鬼 xīxuguǐ (“suck-blood devil”) –
vampire8
鬼佬 guǐlǎo (“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)
胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken
二鬼子 rguǐzi (“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)*
短命鬼 duǎnmngguǐ (“short-life devil”) – someone who dies at a young age
赌鬼 dǔguǐ (“
gambling9 ghost”) – gambling addict
饿鬼 guǐ (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite
机灵鬼 jīlingguǐ (“clever ghost”) – clever person
胡涂鬼 htuguǐ (“confused ghost”) – someone who often seems confused and/or stupid
色鬼 sguǐ (“lust ghost”) – lecher; person who engages in sexual excess (no exact word for this in English perhaps?)
厉鬼 lguǐ (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit
馋鬼 chánguǐ (“gluttonous ghost”) – pig (someone who eats too much)
催命鬼 cuīmngguǐ (“prodding ghost”) – someone who keeps pushing people to do things; a
nagger10
死鬼 sǐguǐ (“dead ghost”) – a negative but playful term used between
spouses11
鬼子 guǐzi (“devil-thing”) – foreign devil (derogatory)
鬼怪 guǐgui (“ghost-monster”) – ghosts and monsters
见鬼 jinguǐ (“see ghost”) – go to Hell!
鬼知道 guǐ zhīdo (“ghost knows”) – Heaven knows!
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